The Council of national security and defence (NSDC) of Ukraine has not commented on the requirement of competent DND and LNR to recognize the special status of the republics and waiting for the next tripartite meeting of the contact group, said Tuesday Last news, the speaker of the national security and defense Council Andriy Lysenko.

The next meeting is scheduled on the fifth of September. Yesterday, the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Lugansk national Republic in the negotiations in Minsk urged Kiev to recognize their special status and, in exchange for fulfilling their requirements, promised to put a lot of effort to maintain a consistent space of Ukraine.

" 5-th will be the Next meeting. Wait, what are the conclusions and results, " said Lysenko.

Authorized Donetsk and Lugansk national republics in the first day of the week, unveiled in Minsk negotiation position 2 of the republics to the meeting of the contact group on the settlement of the Ukrainian fall. According to the statement, DND and LNR campaigning Kiev to recognize their special status and to provide appropriate legal safeguards. As explained by Deputy Prime Minister DND Andrey Burgin, " the story is about the total space security of Ukraine, DND and LNR, post-conflict reconstruction, economic, cultural and social ties with Ukraine, and the fact that DND and LNR will not be eligible for other areas of Ukraine.

in the contact group, which met after a month's break, composed of Commissioners of the Russian Federation, Kiev, OSCE, and the South-East of Ukraine.


Kyiv authorities since April of conduct in the East of Ukraine military operation directed against dissatisfied with the February coup d'etat of residents of Donbas. According to the latest information from the UN, from mid April to Ukraine forcibly deprived of life, more than 2 and a half thousand civilians, about six thousand wounded.

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