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 First Vice Premier of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic Andriy Purhin does not see chances for a direct dialogue with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko.

 “What direct dialogue can one speak of with an aggressor-state that attacked us? Dialogue is possible only on a five- or six-sided format on issues of the withdrawal of our troops, the recognition of our sovereignty and the return of over 300 of our people abducted by Kyiv,” he said in a June 7 telephone interview with Interfax.

Commenting on the statement of the new Ukrainian president on an amnesty for militiamen “whose hands are not stained with blood” Purhin said: “And who will be washing blood away from the hands of Poroshenko himself?”

“As a politician I cannot figure out how to tell our people why we are conducting dialogue with a person at whose direct instructions people are dying and suffering here every day. For instance, in Kramatorsk every day sees people, numerous wounded with amputated limbs. How can one explain to the public that it is possible to enter dialogue with such an aggressor? There is no less but even more blood on the hands [of Ukrainian law enforcers],” Purhin said.

At the same time he saw no sense in organizing early elections in Donbas. “What elections can they be talking about, if we are an independent state, so why Ukraine would be holding elections here?” Purhin said.