Donetsk rejects special status

 

Alexander Zakharchenko, the head of the Donetsk Oblast of Ukraine, said that the Donetsk and the Luhansk oblasts will not recognize the special status granted by President Petro Poroshenko to certain districts of the territories last night, RIA Novosti reports.He said that there were no separate districts of Donbass and the region will take over the territory “occupied” on the borders of the Donetsk oblast.

 

Alexander Zakharchenko, the head of the Donetsk Oblast of Ukraine, said that the Donetsk and the Luhansk oblasts will not recognize the special status granted by President Petro Poroshenko to certain districts of the territories last night, RIA Novosti reports.

He said that there were no separate districts of Donbass and the region will take over the territory “occupied” on the borders of the Donetsk oblast.