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The Batkivschyna Party's parliamentary faction has urged Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko to publish immediately the text of the agreements reached in Minsk, and explain whether leader of the Petro Poroshenko Blocks Yuriy Lutsenko's statement that special zones would be set up in individual districts of Donbas convey the president's official position.

“We want the president to publish all the agreements reached in Minsk immediately and to explain whether Lutsenko’s statement about plans to set up special zones in individual districts of Donbas reflect the president’s official position and who ordered the demarcation of the actual border between these districts in Ukrainian territory. Does this mean that Ukraine’s sovereignty and independence is impaired?” Batkivschyna Party leader Serhiy Sobolev said at a press briefing in Kyiv.