![Russian tank in Donetsk Feb. 22. Flagrantly violating Ukraine sovereignty, Moscow claims that Ukraine is part of Russia and sends troops, tanks into eastern provinces, surrounds country.](https://themilitant.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Russian_tank_750_8609.jpg)
Defend the independence of Ukraine! Moscow out now!
Get Washington out of Eastern Europe!
Russian President Vladimir Putin Feb. 21 declared that the Moscow-backed “People’s Republics” of Donetsk and Luhansk set up in Ukraine in 2014 were independent countries and ordered Russian troops to go in as “peacekeepers.” The Kremlin’s invasion is backed by…