A decision to recognise the regions would be a violation of the Minsk agreements.

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ミンスク合意と独立承認は両立しないので。

— Akiyoshi Komaki 駒木明義 (@akomaki) February 16, 2022

Russian parliament vote Earlier on Tuesday, Russia’s lower house of parliament voted to ask Putin to recognise two Russian-backed breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine as independent, prompting a warning from the EU to Moscow not to follow through. Recognition of the self-declared Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics could kill the Minsk peace process in eastern Ukraine, where a conflict in the Donbas region between government forces and Moscow-backed separatists has cost 15,000 lives since 2014. “Kyiv is not observing the Minsk agreements. Our citizens and compatriots who live in Donbas need our help and support,” Vyacheslav Volodin, the State Duma speaker, wrote on social media. Ukraine’s foreign minister and the EU’s top diplomat said a decision to recognise the regions would be a violation of the Minsk agreements. Putin declined to be drawn out on how he plans to respond to the appeal. He said Russians were sympathetic to the residents of the Donbas region, but he wanted the regions’ problems to be resolved through the Minsk accords.

Factbox: What are the Minsk agreements on the Ukraine conflict?

4. To start a dialogue on interim self-government for the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, in accordance with Ukrainian law, and acknowledge their special status by a resolution of parliament. 9. Restore full control of the state border by the government of Ukraine. 11. Constitutional reform in Ukraine including decentralisation, with specific mention of Donetsk and Luhansk. 12. Elections in Donetsk and Luhansk on terms to be agreed with their representatives.

ウクライナの法に基づいて、地域の自治を尊重する、みたいな感じなんで、ロシアが突然独立を認めちゃうと、合意違反になっちゃうわけだね。