In the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prelude_to_the_2022_Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine" id="mwAQY" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Prelude to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine"> Russo-Ukrainian crisis</a> Russian President <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Putin" id="mwAQc" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Vladimir Putin">Vladimir Putin</a> declares the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luhansk_People's_Republic" id="mwAQg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Luhansk People's Republic">Luhansk People's Republic</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donetsk_People's_Republic" id="mwAQk" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Donetsk People's Republic">Donetsk People's Republic</a> as independent from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraine" id="mwAQo" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Ukraine">Ukraine</a>, and moves troops into the region. The action is condemned by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations" id="mwAQs" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="United Nations">United Nations</a>.<sup about="#mwt32" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-5"}}' id="cite_ref-5" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./February_21#cite_note-5" id="mwAQw" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 5;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwAQ0">[5]</span></a></sup>
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