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Poroshenko Denies Reforms Will Give Separatist Ukraine Regions Special Status


Ukraine’s president Petro Poroshenko has denied reports that Ukraine is moving away from being a unitary state, despite parliament approving his move to give more powers to the war-stricken Donetsk and Luhansk regions.
Under the current ceasefire agreement between Ukraine, Russia and pro-Russian rebel forces in Donetsk and Luhansk, Kiev is obliged to introduce constitutional reforms which give all Ukrainian regions, including Donetsk and Luhansk, more powers. Poroshenko’s proposed constitutional change was submitted to the Ukrainian parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, today, and has been passed with an overwhelming majority.
The proposal acts as a change to the constitution which would allow for …read more

Source: Newsweek

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