Chair of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Volodymyr Groisman has signed resolution No.2396 on assigning the status of temporary occupied territories to certain districts, cities, boroughs and villages in Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts, RBK-Ukraine (РБК-Україна) reports.
“The resolution was signed (23.03.2015)”, - the status of the document says.
By vote of 280 in favour, out of 226 required, parliamentarians passed the decision on temporary occupied territories on March 17, 2015.
The Verkhovna Rada determines certain districts, towns, villages and boroughs in Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts as temporary occupied, with introducing special self-government procedures, according to the relevant law, until withdrawal of all illegitimate armed groups, military equipment and mercenaries, re-establishment of full control by Ukraine over the state border.
The said resolution comes into force next day after publication in the official press.
Prior to that, the Rada listed some territories in Donbas having assigned them a special status.
Thus, the list includes 85 urban areas in Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts. In particular, Luhansk Stanytsia, Shchastia, Triokhzubenka, Krasny Lyman, Slovianoserbsk, Pervomaisk, Nykyshyno, Vuglegirsk, Gorlivka, Dzerzhynsk, Yasynuvata, Avdiivka, Doslidne, Krasnogorivka, Mariinka, Starobesheve, Chermalyk, Shyrokino.
Donetsk, Luhansk and Debaltseve were not added to the list.
