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Ukraine won’t accept Russia’s peace terms
Journal Staff Report

KYIV, Aug. 22 – Ukraine will not accept Russia’s conditions for resolving the military conflict in Donetsk and Luhansk, President Petro Poroshenko told soldiers and officers at a meeting on Wednesday.

Poroshenko accused Moscow of a continuous support to the pro-Russian rebels in Donetsk and Luhansk via supplies of heavy arms and personnel.

"The key to peace can be found neither in Kyiv, nor in Washington nor in Brussels," Poroshenko said. "The Kremlin holds the key to peace. But if someone tries to impose Russia’s onerous terms on us, I would like to point out that it would be unacceptable not only for the president but for the entire Ukrainian nation as well, for this is not a path leading to peace."

Poroshenko did not elaborate on Russia’s proposals for ending the conflict in Donbas.

The comments come three days after German chancellor Angela Merkel and Russian president Vladimir Putin failed to agree on ways to solve the conflict.

Putin disclosed “new ideas” about ending the conflict at a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump in July, but those had never been publically disclosed in detail.

“We talked about Ukraine,” Putin said after the meeting with Trump. “There are some new ideas on how to resolve the crisis in the southeast of the country.”

Russia has previously insisted that Ukraine provide a de-facto autonomy to the Donetsk and Luhansk regions without allowing Ukrainian troops take under control the region’s border with Russia.

Ukraine has insisted on rebel disarmament and on providing border control to the central government in Kyiv as a key condition to holding elections in Donetsk and Luhansk.

Ukraine’s rhetoric is likely to get tougher ahead as the country is preparing for presidential and parliamentary elections next year. Most of candidates support tougher line in relations with Moscow.

Putin last month warned NATO against cultivating closer ties with Ukraine and Georgia, saying such a policy was irresponsible and would have unspecified consequences for the alliance. (nr/ez)




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