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The opposition Democratic Coalition (DK), Jobbik, and Socialist (MSZP) parties have proposed that parliament’s defence and law enforcement committee put the Ukraine-Russia situation on the agenda of its next meeting.
In a statement on Tuesday, representatives of the three parties said that Russia was violating Ukraine’s territorial integrity and sovereignty by deploying Russian troops in eastern Ukraine’s separatist regions.
They noted that Russian President Vladimir Putin had granted recognition to the Donetsk and Luhansk “people’s republics”, which the international community does not recognise as independent states.
Referring to international press reports, the statement said that Russian troops had entered the two regions in the early hours on Tuesday.
“In the current situation it is a legitimate expectation that members of the committee receive official information from the defence minister rather than learning about a war taking place in a neighbouring country from the press,” the statement said.
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