East Ukraine’s Lugansk, Donetsk postpone dates of local elections

East Ukraine’s Lugansk, Donetsk postpone dates of local elections
# 06 October 2015 14:37 (UTC +04:00)

The authorities from the eastern Ukrainian self-proclaimed republics of Donetsk and Lugansk have decided to postpone local elections until next year, according to a joint statement released on Tuesday.

“In summary of this work, we announce that the DPR and LPR agree to postpone elections from October 18 and November 1 to next year,” the statement reads.

Ukrainian authorities earlier set local elections in the eastern republics for October 25; however, the LPR planned to hold elections on November 1 and the DPR planned elections on October 18.

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