The head of the presidential administration of Ukraine Borys Lozhkin believes that the new law for local elections in the Donbas is not needed. Under the provisions of the measures for the interpretation of the Minsk agreements adopted on February 12 by the contact group on settling the situation in Donbas, the self-proclaimed Luhansk and Donetsk people's republics shall be granted Special status, then there must be Elections and only then will decided what will be the final status of these territories from Ukraine. The head of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko have said before, that considers the elections in the Donbass before the end of the year. to a question in conversation, do I need a separate electoral law for elections in Lugansk and Donetsk regions, Lozhkin said, " No ". "Elections (local in Donbass) are obliged to pass on to Ukrainian legislation. Special order of self-government does not imply a change of the law on local elections, " said Lozhkin. He also said that " to allow elections in certain districts of Donetsk and Lugansk regions shall be the Ukrainian flag, Ukrainian media, the OSCE observers and controlled Ukraine border ". The Ukrainian authorities began in April last year in the Donbass military operation against dissatisfied with the coup d'etat of residents of the region. According to the summary data of the UN, the victims of the conflict began more than 6 thousand people.