Senior Separatist Insists On Sovereignty For Donetsk

Aleksandr Karaman, the deputy prime minister of the so-called Donetsk People's Republic, says Kyiv's offer of a "special status" within Ukraine for the breakaway eastern regions of Donetsk and Luhansk is insufficient. Speaking to RFE/RL on September 9, Karaman said that any negotiations with Kyiv must "be based on the principle of the sovereignty of the Donetsk People's Republic."