The situation suddenly changed. According to CCTV news, on February 21, Russian President Vladimir Putin delivered a national television speech, announcing the recognition of the people's Republic of Donetsk and the people's Republic of Lugansk, which udong folk armed forces call themselves, as independent countries.
Earlier, the Russian Duma has passed a resolution recognizing the above two regions as independent countries. Now President Putin delivered a national speech recognizing the independence of the two regions, which means that Russia has cleared the obstacles of sending troops to assist the two regions.
In addition, according to the Russian "viewpoint" on the 22nd, there is news on the Internet that the Russian army has begun to arrive in the Donbas area, and some people have released relevant videos