Russian analysts spoke to Newsweek about what might be next for Ukraine's Donetsk and Luhansk regions.
Ahead of the Duma vote came conflicting messages from other Russian political figures., Russia's interior minister, said Moscow could recognize the separatists'"historical borders" dating from 2014. He said this would include the entire Donbass region before their"occupation by Ukraine" according to news agency Tass.
Putin's decrees and treaties, which recognize the breakaway republics and allow Moscow to send troops to the DPR and LPR, do not define the separatists' borders. "Putin is not interested in only recognizing little territories, but he is just trying to gain time to wait for a pretext for the Russian army to fight," she toldThe map provided by Getty shows the areas of dispute in Ukraine. Moscow has recognized the independence of the Luhansk and Donetsk people's republics.
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