Plan to recognise separatist Ukraine regions
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Russia’s lower house of parliament has voted to ask President Vladimir Putin to recognise two Russian-backed breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine as independent
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Kiev
UKRAINE
Crimea
Russian control
RUSSIA
50km 30 miles
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RUSSIA
LUHANSK REGION
Luhansk People’s Republic
Luhansk Donetsk
Dnipro
River Dnieper
Kramatorsk
Zaporozhye
Donetsk
DONETSK REGION
People’s UKRAINE Republic
Melitopol
Rostov- Mariupol on-Don
Berdyansk Sea of Azov
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Territory controlled by Russian-backed separatists
“Line of contact” between separatists and Ukrainian armed forces
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Sources: OSCE, Reuters © GRAPHIC NEWS