The President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko should focus most importantly on the compliance with the measures prior to the issue of local elections within the Donbass, said the self-proclaimed Head of the Luhansk national Republic Igor Carpenter.

on the first day of the weekend Poroshenko said that he considers the possible conduct of elections in the Donbass Before the end of the year.

"To take or not to participate in elections, we will solve on their own and without Peter (Poroshenko) - when the time comes to elections. But currently I would have made the initiative focus on the paragraph preceding the paragraph on the holding of elections in our territory, "- quoted "" word Carpenter.

as long as, according to him, Kyiv has not reached great achievements in the performance of the Minsk agreements." Until now none of the items of the package of measures by Ukraine in full and on time has not been implemented ", - noted Carpentry.

first of Poroshenko has submitted to the Verkhovna Rada a number of draft laws, and among them about the definition of the list of areas in the South-East of the country, which will be distributed special status, amendments to the law on the special status of Donbass, assuming the holding of elections in the region.

Commissioner LNR the Minsk talks Vladislav Danego said that the adjustments in the legislation on the special status of Donbass is beyond the powers of the Minsk agreements. The head of state Alexander Zakharchenko believes that the resolution of the Verkhovna Rada on the status of certain areas of Donbass has to be agreed with the authorized DND and LC. Plenipotentiary Representative of DNR in the contact group Denis Putilin said that the adoption of the amendments to the law on the special status will be the " point of no return to Minsk ".

The Ukrainian authorities have taken in April of last year in the Donbass military operation against dissatisfied with the coup of the region's residents. According to the final data of the UN, the victims of the conflict began more than 6 thousand people.

The next meeting of the contact group on the situation in the Donbas 12 February ended with the adoption of a package of measures on execution of the Minsk agreements, involving, for example, the ceasefire in the Donbass from February fifteen, the withdrawal of heavy weapons and the development of the security zone, as well as the exchange of prisoners. According to the document, Kiev must end the economic blockade of Donbass, to carry out constitutional reform, involving decentralization, and to coordinate with the DNR and LC the law on the special status of the region.

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