Poroshenko Vows Separatist East Will Stay Part of Ukraine
TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said on Wednesday he would submit to parliament a bill granting parts of the separatist east more autonomy but keeping it part of the ex-Soviet state.
"There is and can be no talk of federalisation or some estrangement (by the rebel-held regions)," he told a cabinet meeting "The law on temporary self-rule in individual districts of the Donetsk and Lugansk regions provides for a status that keeps these regions in Ukraine."
Poroshenko also said the situation in the war-torn east had dramatically changed since a truce was signed last week, AFP reported.
"The situation has radically changed at the front," he told a cabinet meeting. "Before the ceasefire was announced, Ukraine was losing the lives of dozens of its heroes on a daily basis."