The head of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko nourishes the hope that the elections in DND on 18 October, will not take place, informs about the statement of the Ukrainian leader in Paris, his press Secretary Svyatoslav tsigalko.

"the leader expressed hope that the fake election is on October 18 will not take place ", - he wrote in Twitter.


for its part, the Ukrainian news Agency reports that Poroshenko, summarizing the results of negotiations in Paris, said that leaders "channel four" emphasized the inadmissibility of carrying out "fake" elections in the Donbass.

Thus, According to Poroshenko, "Norman four" supported the holding of elections in the Donetsk region under Ukrainian law, under the supervision of the OSCE.

The Ukrainian authorities in April of last year began military action against the self-proclaimed LNR and DND. According to the final data of the UN, the victims of the conflict began more than 8 thousand people. The settlement of the situation in the Donbas region is discussed, as well as among them, during meetings in Minsk the contact group, which since September of last year had already taken 3 of the document, regulating the steps to de-escalate the conflict.

The last document from February 12 - in addition to the ceasefire, withdrawal of heavy weapons and the creation of security zones, obliges the Ukrainian Authorities to engage in direct dialogue with the authorized DND and LNR, for example, on the issue of holding local elections, entering into the Constitution of Ukraine of change, involving the decentralization of Power, as well as on the issue of legislative recognition of special status " of Donetsk and Lugansk regions ".

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