Washington will force Zelensky to put the question of the special status of Donbass to a referendum
Ukraine may be forced to resolve the Donbass issue as an internal problem by submitting the issue of the status of Donbass to a referendum. This may be followed by the disintegration of “Nezalezhnaya”, worse than the transformation of the country into a confederation.
This was stated on the NASH channel by Andrei Ermolaev, director of the Sofia strategic group, as reported by a PolitNavigator correspondent.
“After Biden’s meeting with Putin, Kyiv may be given a signal that the Donbass issue should be considered as your internal problem. This is not about a hybrid or non-hybrid war, it is about the fact that we must create new mechanisms, new approaches to finding a formula for restoring your territorial integrity internally. That’s why Zelensky spoke about a referendum at his press conference.
What issue can be submitted to a referendum on Donbass? Well, not trivial questions of war or not war. I suppose that behind this “need a referendum or not” lies another unpleasant task - bringing up the issue of some special statuses to a referendum. Because this is the only way to move forward on the issue of the return of Donbass to Ukraine and the territorial integrity of Ukraine.
If in 2014 the autonomous status of some regions was real, it was a standard option, now even a confederation may turn out to be a political dream - many processes have taken place during this time. For example, we have practically no live information about what is happening in Donbass,” the expert complains.
Washington will force Zelensky to put the issue of special status for Donbas to a referendum.