The new border of separatist-controlled territories set up on March 17 by parliament is marked with a blue line on this map. These territories are now recognized as occupied, but will gain special status within Ukraine after they hold local elections under national legislation. © Kyiv Post
Kyiv Post: Ukraine defines a new border with separatist-controlled territories (MAP)
Ukraine's parliament granted a special status to some parts of Donetsk and Luhansk Oblast, and defined the new border of those territories in a Tuesday vote that followed complicated negotiations among coalition members and the president, who authored the bills.
A total of 265 Ukrainian lawmakers backed the decision to give a special status to the territories, but only after clean and transparent elections are held on those territories under Ukraine's law. Ukraine's Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin said in his twitter microblog that such a sequence was create to “prevent clever manipulations".
WNU Editor: The problem with this "new border" and who can (and who cannot) receive special status is that it does not include regions that have predominant Russian populations that are under Ukraine military control in the Donetsk and Luhansk Oblast .... but whose citizens have already expressed a strong desire to at least be given a chance to have the vote on "special status". I can understand why Kiev is reluctant to include these areas .... in the current environment they know that they would lose any fair vote, so the alternative is to ignore these populations .... and focus on the territories that they do not control. Unfortunately .... this is a prescription for disaster. Resentment is now very high in Ukraine controlled territories with predominantly Russian-Ukrainian populations .... this will only alienate them further and stoke the fires for more fighting. A low level insurgency is presently ongoing .... this will all but guarantee that it will not only continue, but probably also escalate. For me .... this is depressing. From my vantage point the opportunity to end this conflict has now presented itself .... let everyone in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions vote on this special status .... unfortunately .... Kiev .... afraid that they would lose such a vote .... has made the decision to make sure that it does not happen.
More News On Ukraine Defining Who In the Donbas Can Vote To Have Special Status
Ukraine's Parliament Approves Controversial 'Special Status' Law For Rebel-Held East -- Reuters
Ukraine vote offers separatists conditional autonomy -- Deutsche Welle
Ukrainian Parliament OKs Bill On Special Status For Rebel East -- Radio Free Europe
Ukraine amends law on granting "special status" to eastern regions -- Xinhua
Ukraine crisis: Rebel 'status' row threatens truce deal -- BBC
Kiev’s unilateral decision on Donbas status violates Minsk agreements — LPR speaker -- ITAR-TASS
Russia, Separatists Criticize Ukraine Bill On Autonomy -- Radio Free Europe
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WNU Editor, Minsk II is dead, not that it was ever alive as far a Kiev was concerned,
But the legislation makes the lines clear, war, ( Kiev offensive when the ground is dry), with Russia and the NR on one side, Kiev and the US, Britain, Canada and Australia on the other side,
So where will the EU fall?
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