The Ukrainian authorities have not yet responded to the proposal of the DPR and LPR to stipulate in the Constitution the status of Donbass, said the head of the administration of the self-proclaimed leader of the Donetsk national Republic Maxim Leshchenko.

before the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Lugansk national Republic has sent to the constitutional Commission of Ukraine and the contact group with its proposals to change the Constitution. For example, DPR and LPR propose to include in the Constitution a section on the special status of Donbass, constitutional established its non-aligned status of Ukraine, to make a division of national police, controlled by the local authorities, to secure official status for the Russian language, to introduce a special economic regime.

"Kiev until not responded to the proposals on introduction of amendments into the Ukrainian Constitution - ed.)," said Leshchenko.

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, 2 thousand people.

The settlement of the situation in the Donbas is discussed, as well as among them, during meetings in Minsk contact group, which since September of last year already took 3 of the document governing the steps to de-escalate the conflict.


dialogues " channel four ", held on 12 February came amid a sharp escalation of the situation in the Donbass, provoked by the Ukrainian security forces, which increased the forces began to storm the position of the militia. Following the meeting, the leaders of Russia, Ukraine, France and Germany adopted a set of measures involving, for example, the ceasefire in the Donbas with fifteen February, the withdrawal of heavy weapons and the development of the security zone.

One of the most important points signed in February of the Minsk agreements was the constitutional reform, and the enactment of a permanent law on the special status of separate districts of Donetsk and Lugansk regions. The agreement notes that decentralization should take place in coordination specifically, the commissioners of these districts, however, the Kiev Authorities are ignoring this provision, arguing about the fact that you are unwilling to have a dialogue with the authorized rebellious territories. Read

the results of the last meeting of the contact group 6 may present turned out to form four working sub-groups on specific aspects of de-escalation of the conflict.

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