{"id":1407620,"date":"2022-03-29T14:30:55","date_gmt":"2022-03-29T18:30:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1407620"},"modified":"2022-03-29T14:31:04","modified_gmt":"2022-03-29T18:31:04","slug":"russia-backed-donetsk-republic-may-consider-joining-russia-leader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/russia-backed-donetsk-republic-may-consider-joining-russia-leader\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia-backed Donetsk Republic may consider joining Russia \u2013 leader"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frussia-backed-donetsk-republic-may-consider-joining-russia-leader%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1407620&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2022-03-29T170828Z_1_LYNXNPEI2S0Y4_RTROPTP_0_UKRAINE-CRISIS-DONETSK-PUSHILIN_1.jpg\" alt=\"FILE PHOTO: Head of the separatist self-proclaimed Donetsk People&#039;s Republic Denis Pushilin attends a news conference in Donetsk\" \/><br \/>FILE PHOTO: Head of the separatist self-proclaimed Donetsk People&#8217;s Republic Denis Pushilin speaks during a news conference in Donetsk, Ukraine February 23, 2022. REUTERS\/Alexander Ermochenko\/File Photo<\/div>\n<p>March 29, 2022<\/p>\n<p>LONDON (Reuters) -The Russian-backed self-proclaimed Donetsk People\u2019s Republic in eastern Ukraine may consider joining Russia once it controls all of Ukraine\u2019s Donetsk region, its news outlet cited separatist leader Denis Pushilin as saying on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs for joining the Russian Federation, as for the wish and aspiration, they have been clearly traced since 2014 \u2013 the desire to be in Russia,\u201d Pushilin was quoted by the Donetsk News Agency as saying. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut now the main task is to reach the constitutional borders of the republic. Then we will determine that,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The comments come two days after the leader of the other Russian-backed eastern Ukrainian rebel region Luhansk said it may hold a referendum on joining Russia.<\/p>\n<p>Kyiv said any such vote would have no legal basis and would trigger a stronger international response. <\/p>\n<p>Three days before ordering the Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin recognised the breakaway territories in  Luhansk and Donetsk as independent states, though the rest of the world considers them part of Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>Ukraine, which says it is fighting for its existence against what it casts as an imperial-style land grab by Russia, has repeatedly said it will never agree to Russia\u2019s annexation of its territory \u2013 the hardest part of peace talks with Moscow.<\/p>\n<p> (Writing by Conor Humphries; Editing by Mark Trevelyan)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FILE PHOTO: Head of the separatist self-proclaimed Donetsk People&#8217;s Republic Denis Pushilin speaks during a news conference in Donetsk, Ukraine February 23, 2022. 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