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Moscow — Land outside the British Embassy in Moscow is named after the self-proclaimed separatist Luhansk People's Republic (LPR) in eastern Ukraine, city officials said in a statement on the website. Said in.
Last month, the crossroads near the US Embassy was named "Donetsk People's Republic Square" after another Russian-backed withdrawal country from Ukraine, which was only recognized by Russia and Syria.
City council members initially proposed the name "Defender of Donbus Square". This was jokingly welcomed by the embassy as a homage to Ukrainian soldiers fighting the Russian invasion.
Russia recognizes the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) and LPR as independent shortly before sending troops to Ukraine on February 24, and speaks Russian. He said he had to defend the people. In eastern Ukraine from the persecution by Kyiv. Ukraine has denied accusations of persecution.
The United States and Great Britain were one of the biggest critics of Russia's actions in Ukraine, dismissing allegations of persecution as an unfounded excuse for an unprovoked war of aggression.
On Sunday, Moscow insists on the "liberation" of the entire LPR on the territory of Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine, and is promoting a campaign to remove the adjacent DPR (Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine) from Kieu's control.
(Report by Reuters, edited by Kevin Riffy and Gareth Jones)
