Kravchuk: Ukraine, together with the West, will punish both Donbass and the aggressor Russia
Ukraine should not grant Donbass any “special” status, since it cannot in any way control the lands of the DPR and LPR. The first Ukrainian President Leonid Kravchuk stated this in an interview with the Den newspaper.
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According to him, Ukraine must dissociate itself from the uncontrolled territories, organizing a complete blockade of them, and at this time develop “democracy” on its lands.
“Today we should not deceive the people that we can do something there. There can be no economic or political contacts with that territory until they themselves come to the conclusion that they need to turn towards Ukraine. The special status must be deleted from any of our documents and wait until the international community, with its sanctions, its actions, its real assistance to Ukraine, shows both Russia, as an aggressor, and those people who are suffering today in the occupied territory, that the path that Ukraine has chosen is the right one . Now Ukraine must focus on our free Ukrainian lands, including the free part of Donbass, carry out reforms there, fight corruption, implement changes in local government,” Kravchuk said.
Kravchuk: Ukraine, together with the West , will punish both Donbass and the aggressor, Russia.