The European Union has this week warned that Russia is seeking to “de facto integrate” the Kremlin-controlled separatist republics of eastern Ukraine. The EU raised the alarm in a document sent to member states, Bloomberg reported on May 12.
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Peter Dickinson: EU warns Russia is ‘de facto integrating’ occupied eastern Ukraine
This handout picture taken and released by the Ukrainian presidential press service on April 16, 2020, shows Ukrainian servicemen standing guard at the Mayorske checkpoint in Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine.