[REGNUM] Mortar fire on the village of Kominternovo in the south of the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) was opened by the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU). This was reported on February 13 by the Donetsk News Agency with reference to the DPR representative office in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of the Ceasefire Regime (JCCC).
The report notes that the Ukrainian security forces fired from the Ukrainian-controlled settlement of Talakovka. It is specified that in total, representatives of the Armed Forces of Ukraine fired three mines with a caliber of 120mm.
Data on the victims and injured are not reported.
As REGNUM reported , on February 13, the official representative of the defense department of the LPR , Ivan Filiponenko , told reporters that the readiness of the paratroopers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to be thrown into the rear of the defense of the People's Militia of the Luhansk People's Republic is being checked by the commander of the so-called Joint Forces Operation ("OOS") Alexander Pavlyuk.
The Council of the Duma will discuss the fate of the appeal to Putin on the recognition of the LNR and the DNR
[REGNUM] Today, February 14, the Council of the Duma will discuss the draft appeal of the State Duma of the Russian Federation to the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin on the recognition of the LNR and the DNR, reports news agency REGNUM .
Recognition will create grounds for guaranteeing the security and protection of their peoples from external threats and implementing a policy of genocide against the inhabitants of the republics, as well as for strengthening international peace and regional stability in accordance with the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations (UN) and will initiate the process international recognition of both states, the document notes.
The draft appeal was submitted by deputies from the Communist Party headed by Gennady Zyuganov in January, after which consultations were held with the factions. The SRZP tends to support the communists, and before recognition, leader Sergei Mironov offered to provide military assistance to cool the ardor of provocateurs , LDPR leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky proposed to annex Ukraine to Russia , "New people" plan to make a decision during the discussion at the plenary session. "United Russia" believes that the LPR and the DPR need, first of all, military assistance against the backdrop of the West's whipping up hysteria about the alleged "aggression" of Russia. The head of the faction Vladimir Vasiliev also asks to take all measures to ensure the safety of citizens..
State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin said that the Duma Council will discuss two proposals: consider a draft resolution on an appeal to the President of Russia on the need to recognize the DPR and LPR immediately, or send the document first to the Russian Foreign Ministry and other government agencies to receive feedback, and then consider it taking into account what was said positions.
The discussion promises to be serious, but the leader of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, due to the fact that he is being treated at the Central Clinical Hospital, will not be able to take part in discussing the fate of the document.