The administration of the self-proclaimed 'Donetsk People's Republic' is ready for dialogue with the new administration of Ukraine provided there are mediators, including Russia, Denys Pushylin, presidium chairman of the Supreme Council of the 'Donetsk People's Republic', said in a phone conversation with Interfax on Monday.
“We are ready for dialogue provided that there are mediators, that it, a third party, and Russia’s participation is compulsory,” Pushylin said.
Pushylin also said he currently does not see a possibility that the Donetsk People’s Republic can become a part of Ukraine again.
Pushylin recalled that residents of the Donets and Luhansk regions chose independence from Ukraine on May 11.
“People made their choice on May 11. It’s the people’s right. Hundreds of our people have been killed, very many have been wounded, and some 200 people have been abducted by Ukrainian troops. Ukraine is now an aggressor to us, we are at war with it. What dialogue on the return to it can take place? We can only conduct dialogue with mediators and, for example, on the exchange of POWs,” Pushylin said.
