Poroshenko Calls On Lawmakers To Revoke Special Status For East, Sends More Troops To Key Cities

[Purveyor]

Source: Kyiv Post

President Petro Poroshenko on Nov. 4 called on the National Security and Defense Council and the Verkhovna Rada to repeal a law granting special status to separatist-controlled regions of Ukraine, according to Interfax Ukraine.

"Other parties to the Minsk agreements, except for Ukraine and the OSCE, have not fulfilled their obligations," he said in an obvious reference to Russia as the violator of the Sept. 5 peace deal.

Poroshenko also ordered additional troops be sent to Mariupol, Berdyansk and Kharkiv as well as northern Luhansk and Dnepropetrovsk oblast in case of a new offensive by Kremlin-backed separatists. Ukrainian government and other sources are reporting a buildup of separatist troops and Russian equipment in the east.

The announcement comes on the heels of a controversial election organized by Russia-supported secessionist leaders on Nov. 2 and supported by far-right European politicians. United States and European Union leaders have criticized the vote for violating Ukrainian law and the Minsk peace agreement and refused to recognize it.

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[jtuck004]

1. Wonder if we are gonna be in a shooting war by Christmas? Many here seems to want one. n/t

[amandabeech]

2. Well, you can put me down for not wanting a shooting war in Ukraine,

or anywhere else, for that matter.

However, it does not look like the Minsk may not end the violence, unfortunately.

[bemildred]

4. I don't think it ever really stopped.

Slowed down some, no new initiatives, but they have been fighting over the Donetsk airport right along. With Proshenko talking tough, and the gas deal apparently done for the Winter, I'd say the chances are good that it will heat up again.

[Comrade Grumpy]

3. I don't think Donestsk and Lugansk are going back to Ukraine.

The world may gain a new country.