10.09 Self-Proclaimed Republics �?Not Interested’ in Bill on Their Status Within Ukraine

MOSCOW, September 10 (RIA Novosti) – The self-proclaimed people’s republics of Donetsk and Luhansk (DPR and LPR) have no interest in the presidential bill on their status within Ukraine, an LPR spokesman said Wedensday.

“We are not familiar with this document, but we defend only the independence of the LPR, we are not interested in the status of Donbas as part of Ukraine,” Vladimir Inogorodtsev said.

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said earlier on Wednesday he introduced “a bill about temporary self-administration in separate districts of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions,” intended “to ensure the peaceful return of these regions under the sovereignty of Ukraine.”

He ruled out “any kind of federalization or secession” for the two regions.