On February 21, Putin convened a federal security conference to discuss the recognition of the independence of Donetsk and Luhansk. Senior officials of the Putin government express their views on a podium in turn,

On February 21, Putin convened a federal security conference to discuss the recognition of the independence of Donetsk and Luhansk. Senior officials of putin's government in turn expressed their views from a podium, and all supported the independence of the two regions. However, the meeting, which was broadcast live on television, did not go quite well, and the two officials appeared nervous in their exchanges with Mr. Putin, agreeing to merge the two regions into Russia. Putin had to correct them twice, "We're not talking about that, we're not talking about that, we're talking about recognizing their independence." ”