Biden: Russia must exert influence on DPR and LPR for the cancellation of the election
Russia should exert influence on the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Luhansk people's Republic to cancel local election results, the White house message of the Vice-President of the United States Joe Biden in his meeting with President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko. "The leaders discussed implementation of the Minsk agreements and the need for Russia to push the separatists it supports in order to cancel the fake elections in the separatist controlled parts of the Donbass. If they are held, it will be a direct failures of the implementation plan of the Minsk agreements ", ? it is reported in the report of the White house, reports RIA " Novosti ". "The Vice President welcomed not so long ago finalized an agreement on further demilitarization on the line of contact, but expressed concern that the separatists are unable to provide full access to the OSCE observers and the fact that the Russian Federation continues to send troops and weapons to Ukraine ", - has told the White house. At the meeting they also discussed " the need to strengthen regional energy security ", under which the US traditionally understand the reduction of energy supplies from Russia. Donetsk and Lugansk national Republic declared independence on the results of the referendums held eleven may 2014 in the range controlled by militias. On may 24 at the Congress of Donetsk and Lugansk people's Republic signed a Treaty establishing the Union of the people's Republic ? of Novorossiya. In Kiev DND and LNR not recognize. Against the February coup disgruntled residents of Eastern Ukraine Kyiv began in April 2014 a military operation, which resulted in a protracted military confrontation, which claimed the lives of at least 7883 people, 17 610 people have been injured.