The self-proclaimed leadership of Donetsk national Republic does not plan to hold elections at the same time with Ukraine, the date of the election remains without change, said Last news Ombudsman of the press service of the head of the Republic.

The Ukrainian Government has appointed elections to local authorities on 25 October. The Authorities LNR appointed local elections on November 1, but in DND they are required to take 18 October. The head of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko said that Donetsk and Lugansk are obliged to dispense with the holding of local elections, and tried to convince them to immediately begin discussions on the modalities of their conduct according to the Ukrainian laws. The authorities of Donetsk and Lugansk national republics many times stated about the conduct of local elections regardless of the wishes of Kiev.

"We hold elections on 18 October, as has frequently been stated by the head of the Republic. We hold them to 18 October, according to our law, and we believe that this decision is within the framework of the Minsk agreements ", - said the head of the Department.

first Plenipotentiary representative of the Luhansk national Republic in the negotiations in Minsk Vladislav Danego said that DND and LNR will not be able to hold local elections on their territories on 25 October, this is legally impossible.

before the last working day of the week print edition "" said that fresh penalties against Russia have the opportunity to be entered in the case, if the Authorities of the self-proclaimed people's republics refuse to hold local elections on October 25 - the day they are obliged to pass within the rest of Ukraine.

The military operation against dissatisfied with the coup d'etat of residents of Donbas lasts more than a year. At the talks on February 12 were achieved consensus on stopping the fire, the withdrawal of heavy weapons, introduction to the Constitution of Ukraine changes on decentralization of Power and the consolidation of the special status " of certain districts of Donetsk and Lugansk regions ".

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