“For eight years, Kiev has continued and continues to bomb its own citizens and evade direct dialogue with the Donbass, and for all these eight years Kiev has led the entire world community by the nose, assuring its adherence to the Minsk agreements,” RIA Novosti quotes him.

According to him, the recognition of the independence of the LPR and the DPR by Russia was a direct consequence of "many years of sabotage by Kiev of its direct obligations under a set of measures approved by the Security Council resolution."

“Since its adoption in February 2015, Russia has been consistently committed to this difficult intra-Ukrainian compromise,” Nebenzia stressed.

On February 21, the Russian president signed decrees on Russia's recognition of the independence of the LNR and the DNR.

More details in the material RT.