The Syrian regime has officially recognised the so-called breakaway republics of Luhansk and Donetsk in Ukraine, the Syrian state agency SANA reported on Wednesday. Official sources affiliated with the regime’s foreign ministry proclaimed to recognise the “independence and sovereignty” of both breakaway “republics”, that have been formed by pro-Russian separatists in the aftermath of the 2014 Ukrainian revolution. “Applying to the common will and desire to establish relations in all fields, the Syrian Arab Republic decided to recognise the independence and sovereignty of the Lugansk People’s R…