Yemen’s Houthi rebels have declared their support for Moscow’s recognition of rebel territories in eastern Ukraine as independent republics, marking a major escalation in the crisis in Europe. Mohammed Ali Al-Houthi, a senior member of the Houthi Supreme Political Council in Yemen’s capital Sanaa, tweeted his support for the Russian move, which classifies eastern Ukraine’s territories Donetsk and Luhansk as independent entities. Moscow has been giving Russian-speaking separatist rebels covert financial, political, and military backing for years. A speech on Monday by Russian President Vladimir…

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