Asamblea Nacional aprueba acuerdos entre Nicaragua y regiones invadidas por Rusia en Ucrania Nicaragua’s National Assembly has approved cooperation agreements with the Ukrainian regions of Donetsk and Sevastopol, which are under Russian control. These agreements aim to foster commercial, economic, technological, scientific, social, and humanitarian cooperation between Nicaragua and these separatist regions. This move follows Ukraine’s severance of diplomatic relations with Nicaragua after the latter recognized Russian-annexed Ukrainian territories.

• Nicaragua’s National Assembly approved cooperation agreements with Donetsk and Sevastopol.
• The agreements aim to expand cooperation in commercial, economic, technological, scientific, social, and humanitarian spheres.
• Donetsk’s economy is based on grains, and historically on coal, steel, and cast iron.
• Sevastopol is the most populated region on the Crimean peninsula.
• Ukraine severed diplomatic relations with Nicaragua in response to Nicaragua’s recognition of Russian-occupied territories.
• These agreements were signed in Moscow by Laureano Ortega Murillo with Russian representatives.
• The Nicaraguan regime supports Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and has strengthened ties with Vladimir Putin.
• Previous agreements were also made with Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson.