In keeping with a provision of a recent cease-fire agreement with separatists, the Ukrainian government submitted a draft law to Parliament on Monday that would grant "special status" to the breakaway Donetsk and Luhansk Oblasts for three years.
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New York Times: Poroshenko proposes ‘special status’ for breakaway regions
A man crosses an empty avenue on Sept. 15, 2014 in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine as shelling continues between pro-Russian forces and the Ukrainian army.
