The leadership of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic has started negotiations with Ukrainian border guards controlling the local section of the Ukrainian-Russian border to persuade them to side with them, Donetsk People Republic Deputy Prime Minister Andriy Purhin said.
“The opening of a state border with Russia is among the key issues for us, we are working on this now and are negotiating with the border guards. The problem is that some of them have come from western regions of Ukraine, and it’s difficult to reach an agreement with them,” Purhin said.
The Donetsk People’s Republic plans to secure the opening of the border within the near future, he said.
“It’s not a secret that it’s very difficult for Russian citizens to enter here because of problems at the border. We will try to resolve these issues in the near future and fully take the state border in Donbas under control,” he said
