Zakharchenko: the timing of local elections depend on truce
The timing of municipal elections in the breakaway Donetsk national Republic will depend on the sustainability of the ceasefire and the availability of necessary financing, said the head of the DND Alexander Zakharchenko.
before it was declared that the elections in DND have the opportunity to go at the end of January-beginning of February 2015.
" the most main factor is the presence or lack of hostilities, " he said, Zakharchenko Donetsk news Agency on Tuesday. According to him, elections will be held in the coming year, " when will be understood that the position allows us to spend, and will understand that these elections we are able to Finance ".
at rallies in early April not recognize the legitimacy of the February coup d'etat residents of Donetsk and Lugansk regions announced the development of a " people's republics ", which after held in may referendum declared its sovereignty and later formed the Union of " new Russia ". In Kiev DND and LNR not recognize. Against dissatisfied with the February coup d'etat residents of Eastern Ukraine Kyiv began in April a military operation.
according to the summary data of the United Nations, victims of the conflict were 4, 7 thousands of civilians, almost 10 thousand were injured. Brokered by Russia and the OSCE agreed in Minsk truce September 5, but was charged with one another in the violation of the agreements.
On the morning of December 9, in the Donbass began a consistent militias and security forces through the mediation of the OSCE truce. On the first day of the week, the head of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko said that the leaders of Ukraine, Russia, Germany and France agreed on holding the meeting of the contact group in Minsk on 24 and 26 December.