self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (RPD), based in Donbass, in eastern Ukraine, opened its embassy in Moscow on Tuesday, and its authorities have assured that they already have a “large number” of applications from citizens.
“From tomorrow, the site will start working, we are already represented on social networks,” DPR Ambassador Olga Makeeva said at the opening ceremony, adding that they hope that together with the executive authorities they will be able to solve “all the problems of the citizens.”
“There are already many requests to Donetsk. They are related to different topics. One has a problem with burnt documents, another has lost documents when moving, and there are those who are looking for relatives who need a job, ”he listed. Makeevaaccording to the Kommersant newspaper.
Although officials from Russia, the self-proclaimed Lugansk People’s Republic, as well as Syria and the self-proclaimed Georgian republics of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, were originally going to attend, the inauguration took place with sobriety in the face of deteriorating security in the region.
“Today, a few hours ago, two more people were killed in Gorlovka, seven people were injured. Given these circumstances, we just opened a full-fledged diplomatic mission today,” Makeeva explained.
In this sense, the press met in the courtyard of the newly opened embassy, on Groyolsky Street, in Moscow. Nearby are the buildings of the diplomatic missions of Ireland and Japan.
For her part, DPR Foreign Minister Natalya Nikonorova stressed that she was “confident and convinced” that even as part of Russia, the region would retain its republican status and its state symbols, TASS reports. News.
Russian President Vladimir Putin recognized the independence of Donetsk and Lugansk in late February, days before he ordered a “special military operation” that launched an invasion of neighboring Ukraine.
More than 300 children died as a result of the Russian invasion.
At least 313 children have died and 579 more have been injured in Ukraine as a result of Russia’s armed aggression against the country since February 24, according to figures from Ukraine’s Prosecutor General’s Office released by local agencies.
“As of the morning of June 15, 2022, more than 892 children were killed or injured in Ukraine as a result of Russia’s large-scale armed aggression. According to official data from the juvenile prosecutor’s office, 313 children were killed and another 579 children were injured,” the Prosecutor General’s Office said.
These figures are not final, the department reminds, since work is underway to determine losses in active combat zones, in temporarily occupied territories and liberated after the withdrawal of Russian troops.
(According to Europa Press and EFE)
Source: RPP
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