KYIV, Oct 16 – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s plan to ask Ukrainians whether they support creation of a free economic area in Donetsk and Luhansk regions is misleading, an analyst at economic think tank said Friday.

Dmytro Boiarchuk, Executive Director of CASE Ukraine, said Ukrainians should be asked if they are willing to pay for the free economic area as previous attempts to set up such area led to massive tax evasion without boosting economic growth.

"The president's question needs to be reformulated: are you ready to pay taxes for Donbas? This will be more correct," Boiarchuk told Interfax-Ukraine.