Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko will hold crisis talks with his security chiefs Tuesday after pro-Russian separatists held elections meant to assert their independence from Kyiv.
Poroshenko said the Sunday vote was a farce that violated a September cease-fire with the rebels, whom he dismissed Monday as “bandits, terrorists and interventionists.”
“The pseudo-elections are a brutal violation of the Minsk Protocol of September 5th,” Poroshenko said. “The Minsk Protocol provides for the holding of early local elections in the area of Donbass solely under the laws of Ukraine.
“We provided them with the given opportunity. The farce of November 2 jeopardizes the entire peace …read more
Source: Voice of America
