Separatist areas of Ukraine go one step further and appoint their "ambassadors" in Russia

- Russia recognized the independence of both self-proclaimed republics on February 21.

- Kuleba Warns: "Putin Is About To Announce Something Great, Ukraine Is Ready".

The separatist leaders of the self-proclaimed republics of Donetsk and Lugansk, Denis Pushilin and Leonid Pasechnik, respectively.

The self-proclaimed republics of Donetsk and Lugansk, in the east of Ukraine and close to Russia, have respectively announced Olga Makeeva and Rodion Miroshnik as their new "ambassadors" in Moscow, a decision not recognized by Ukraine or by its allies, which they do not recognize either of the two territories, according to the decrees collected by the Russian agency TASS.

Russia, on the other hand, recognized the independence of both self-proclaimed republics on February 21 before negotiating a "friendship and collaboration" agreement with them, in the immediate run-up to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

On March 27, the leader of the self-proclaimed Lugansk People's Republic (PLR), Leonid Pasechnik, even opened the door to a referendum on its incorporation into Russia, a possibility denied by Moscow.

Without going to the extremes of his ally in Lugansk, the leader of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic, Denis Pushilin, for his part ventured the possibility of a cooperation agreement between the Donetsk Ministry of Justice and the same Russian portfolio.

Ukraine has stated that both territories fall within the scope of its sovereignty and has accused Russia of forcing a crisis similar to the one that led to its annexation of Crimea in 2014, finally consolidated precisely through the approval in another referendum -not recognized by the United States, the European Union (EU) or their allies - from joining Russia.