OSCE chief calls referendums in Ukraine illegal

At a ministerial of the EU in Brussels, Didier Burkhalter, the president of the Swiss Confederation and the OSCE chairman-in-office, called the May 11 referendums in the east of Ukraine illegal, emphasizing that they violated the Ukrainian Constitution, Interfax reports.He pointed out that a road map had been presented to Russia, the US, the EU and Ukraine to resolve the crisis of the latter. The plan urges the sides to refrain from any actions violating Ukrainian law.

At a ministerial of the EU in Brussels, Didier Burkhalter, the president of the Swiss Confederation and the OSCE chairman-in-office, called the May 11 referendums in the east of Ukraine illegal, emphasizing that they violated the Ukrainian Constitution, Interfax reports.

He pointed out that a road map had been presented to Russia, the US, the EU and Ukraine to resolve the crisis of the latter. The plan urges the sides to refrain from any actions violating Ukrainian law.