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Ukraine and Zelensky had agreed to allow eastern Ukraine to have separatist elections and then be self-ruling. Zelensky didn't follow through with that. ' wou
by landemva 4y ago
Ukraine and Zelensky had agreed to allow eastern Ukraine to have separatist elections and then be self-ruling. Zelensky didn't follow through with that.
' would receive self-governing status once they hold elections '
https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-agrees-to-election-in-occupied-east-paving-way-for-peace-talks-with-russia/30193964.html https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-agrees-to-election-in-occupi...
- guerrilla 4y ago> Zelensky didn't follow through with that. According to RFE/RL (US state media), Ukraine agreed to hold elections "once all armed formations leave the area." That's not something that happened between 2019 and the beginning of the war.
- mcv 4y agoAnd Zelensky had to demand that. There can be no free election while a country is under occupation from a foreign nation. I'm still for referenda in all disputed oblasts, including Crimea, but Russia has to end their occupation first.