Donetsk Mayor Oleksandr Lukyanchenko has said he appreciated the consultations held in the regional center on June 23 and hopes for the effectiveness of the announced ceasefire.
“I support this initiative and hope that this meeting will lead to
fruitful negotiations… We know that a truce was declared. I hope that
hostages and prisoners will be released during the truce. I also hope
that in the period of truce we will be able to finish the repairs to the
Siversky Donets-Donbas canal,” he said at a press conference in Donetsk
on Tuesday.
He also commented on the possibility of his appointment as head of
Donetsk Regional State Administration, noting that he had declined the
offer to lead the region.
“I’m a city mayor, so I rejected this initiative,” he said,
confirming that he had indeed been offered to become Donetsk regional
governor, without specifying who made such an offer.
