DONETSK, October 29 (RIA Novosti) – Authorities from the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DNR) have extended invitations to representatives from Ukraine to observe the upcoming elections on November 2, DNR Prime Minister Alexander Zakharchenko told journalists Wednesday.
“We invite representatives from Ukraine to our elections,” Zakharchenko said.
The self-proclaimed Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics (DPR and LPR) have set the elections for their regional leaders and legislative bodies for November 2.
Earlier on Tuesday, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said the upcoming elections in DPR and LPR would threaten the region’s peace process.
The DPR and the LPR want full independence for the whole territory within the borders of the respective administrative entities in Ukraine.
This claim for autonomy comes amid the crisis that escalated in Ukraine in mid-April, when Kiev launched a military operation against independence supporters in the country’s southeastern regions, who refused to recognize the new government, which came to power as a result of the February coup
