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bemildred

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3. Ukraine crisis: President Poroshenko's threat after rebel polls

Reply to bemildred (Original post)

Tue Nov 4, 2014, 12:55 PM

Nov 2014

Petro Poroshenko proposed scrapping a law, agreed under the 5 September truce deal, which gives special status to the eastern Donetsk and Luhansk areas.

Under the truce, the regions were to hold Ukraine-run elections in December.

The two pro-Russian separatist leaders declared to have won Sunday's polls are being sworn in.

Western states say the rebel-held elections were illegal but Russia backed them.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-29891556

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