“The relations between Ukraine and Syria have ended,” Zelensky said in a video via the Telegram application, adding that the “sanctions pressure” on Damascus, an ally of Moscow, “will intensify.“.
He added that he considers the Syrian decision a “trivial issue” and prefers to focus on other issues.
Earlier on Wednesday, Syria announced the recognition of the independence of the separatist republics of Donetsk and Luhansk, becoming the first country to do so after Russia, which recognized them on February 21, two days before the start of the war in Ukraine.
Earlier this month, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad announced, during his meeting with a Russian delegation and representatives of the Donetsk Republic, his country’s readiness to “start working to raise relations … to the political level” with the latter..
This is not the first time that Damascus has joined its ally Russia. In May 2018, the Syrian government recognized the breakaway regions of Abkhazia and Ossetia in Georgia, which are under Russian influence.
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