The Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation: status DND and LNR - the subject of negotiations between Kyiv and Donetsk
Moscow believes That the future status of the breakaway Donetsk and Lugansk national republics is discussed only between Donetsk and Kiev, said on Thursday the official representative of the Russian foreign Ministry Alexander Lukashevich.
" These parts of Ukraine are parties to the conflict. This is already a significant statement. As for their status choice for the future, Is the subject of negotiations between Kyiv and Donetsk region. That, that is also recorded in this Protocol (Minsk Protocol as amended). We expect That only Ukrainians will have to find out the status of their territories, " said Lukashevich.
Kyiv authorities from April conducted in the East of Ukraine military operation directed against dissatisfied with the February coup d'etat of residents of Donbas. According to the latest information from the UN, from mid-April in Ukraine were forcibly deprived of life, more than 2 and a half thousand civilians, about six thousand wounded.
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