The Ukrainian president announced Wednesday evening to end diplomatic relations with Syria, after the Damascus regime recognized the independence of the pro-Russian separatist republics of Donetsk and Lugansk, supported by Moscow since 2014.
“There will be no more relations between Ukraine and Syria,” Volodymyr Zelensky said in a video posted on Telegram, saying that “sanctions pressure” against Russia’s ally Damascus “will be even greater “. “It’s an insignificant story,” he swept away, preferring to highlight the signing with Brussels of an agreement for a “visa-free transport” regime for freight from Ukraine to the European Union.
Syria had announced earlier in the day to recognize the independence of the breakaway republics of Donetsk and Lugansk, becoming the first foreign country to do so.
