Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and his US counterpart Joe Biden discussed Russia's recognition of the so-called Donetsk and Luhansk people's republics before a meeting of the NSDC.
On the evening of February 21, Kremlin head Vladimir Putin signed decrees recognizing the "LDPR" and the agreement on "friendship and mutual assistance. In his address to Russians, which lasted almost an hour, he denied Ukrainian statehood and repeated Russian propaganda clichés
Discussed the events of the last hours with @POTUS. We begin the meeting of the National Security and Defense Council. A conversation with @BorisJohnson is also planned.
