Ukrainian TV reported on Tuesday that Moscow-backed militants attacked a thermal power plant in Lugansk, one of two regions Russia declared to recognize its separation from Kiev’s authority on Monday.
He added that the fire caught three units of power generation.
Meanwhile, Ukraine’s parliament has called for additional tough sectoral, financial and personal sanctions once morest Russia and its leadership.
The request of the Verkhovna Rada comes following the Kremlin recognized the “independence of the illegal entities that have established themselves in the occupied Ukrainian territories, and the order to send Russian troops to the territory of Ukraine.”
“Stop the armed aggression”
He also called on Moscow to “stop its armed aggression once morest Ukraine and prevent further escalation of the situation in Europe”, and also urged governments and parliaments of foreign countries to help strengthen Ukraine’s defense capabilities.
It is noteworthy that the Russian President had announced, on Monday evening, the recognition of the independence of the “republics” of Donetsk and Luhansk unilaterally in eastern Ukraine, and ordered Russian forces to enter them, defying Western countries whose relations with Moscow are going through the worst crisis since the Cold War due to the situation in Ukraine.
global preparedness
What prompted the world to prepare and call for an emergency session in the Security Council, in which most Western countries condemned the Russian actions, while Europe and Washington threatened new harsh sanctions once morest the Russians.
This Russian recognition ends the fragile peace plan in the two mentioned regions.
It also paves the way for Moscow to push its forces into these two regions to protect hundreds of thousands of residents who obtained Russian passports years ago.
