The leader of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic in eastern Ukraine has suggested an “amicable divorce” a-la Czechoslovakia as a way to end the long-running conflict with Kiev.
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“Judging by my personal experience of visiting these two regions, I can say that this is the only viable and sensible way of ending the conflict after all the crimes Kiev committed there… At the height of the war in Donbass I kept saying that after all that nightmare keeping the eastern regions part of Ukraine was now a mission impossible,” Jaroslav Doubrava told Sputnik.
When asked to comment on Alexander Zakharchenko’s alternative option of a confederative treaty which, if implemented in good faith by both sides with due regard for the legitimate interests of the people of Donbass, would effectively end the war, Doubrava said that it had already been turned down by [President Petro] Poroshenko.
“This leaves Donbass no option other
than demarcate the border of the de-facto independent Donetsk and
Luhansk People’s Republics,” Jaroslav Doubrava stated.
He added that the DPR and LPR would
be better off as independent republics than as part of their Ukrainian
stepmother, “because people always take better care for what is their
own.”When asked about the prospects of a “peaceful divorce” ever happening, Jaroslav said that the Kiev authorities who came to power as a result of a coup, ought to get back to the negotiatiing table.
“There is no way they can resolved this
conflict by force. They need to repent for the crimes they committed
in Donetsk and only then discuss a “divorce.”
“But I fear that Kiev and Donbass will be able to do this the way
the Czechs and Slovaks once did after all the blood that has been
spilled there,” Jaroslav Doubrava said.
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