BREAKING: Russia Claims Separatist Regions Have Asked For Its Help Fighting Ukraine’s Military

The Kremlin claimed on Wednesday that the leaders of two separatist regions of Ukraine, which Russian President Vladimir Putin recognized as independent this week, have asked for Putin’s help in fighting Ukraine’s military, a sign that some analysts say might be what sparks Russia’s military invasion.

Russia’s TASS News Agency claimed:

The heads of the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics (DPR and LPR), Denis Pushilin and Leonid Pasechnik, asked Russian President Vladimir Putin to offer help in repelling the aggression from the Ukrainian Armed Forces in order to avoid civilian casualties and prevent a humanitarian disaster in Donbass.

“Written requests have come through for Russian President Vladimir Putin from Leonid Pasechnik, the head of the Lugansk People’s Republic, and Denis Pushilin, the head of the Donetsk People’s Republic,” Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said. “The heads of those republics on behalf of themselves and their peoples express their gratitude to the Russian president for the recognition of their states.”

Peskov claimed that “amid the current situation and in order to prevent civilian casualties and a humanitarian disaster, the two republics’ heads ask the Russian president to help in repelling the aggression of the Ukrainian armed forces and formations, in accordance with Articles 3 and 4 of the friendship, cooperation and mutual assistance treaties between Russia and the republics.”

⚡️The Kremlin says the DNR and LNR have asked Putin to “help beat back the aggression of the Ukrainian armed forces to avoid victims among the civilian population and a humanitarian catastrophe in the Donbas”, per Russian wires.

This could be it.

— max seddon (@maxseddon) February 23, 2022

Not good. Donetsk and Luhansk puppet leaders have sent requests to Putin “to assist in repelling aggression from the Armed Forces of Ukraine in order to avoid civilian casualties and prevent a humanitarian catastrophe” in the Donbas. Photos from the Kremlin via TASS news agency. pic.twitter.com/s35kYgYBcE

— Christopher Miller (@ChristopherJM) February 23, 2022

Significant:

Kremlin spox claiming the separatist leaders in Donetsk and Luhansk in the Donbas region of Ukraine — the areas Putin has called independent states – have asked Putin for help fighting Ukrainian Armed Forces.

— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) February 23, 2022

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