The separatists leader Alexander Zakharchenko said that the militants are ready to seize by military means the areas in Donbas currently under the Ukrainian control in case they fail to do so using political tools, Russia’s Interfax reports.
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UNIAN: Separatists leader threatens to launch offensive on Ukraine-controlled Donbas
New prime minister of so-called self-proclaimed "Donetsk People's Republic" Alexander Zakharchenko speaks as he gives a press conference in eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk, on August 7, 2014.
