On May 21, newly-appointed Ukrainian Presidential Administration head Andriy Bohdan stirred up controversy with Ukrainian political commentators when he announсed the intentions of Ukraine’s new authorities to conduct a referendum on a peace deal with Russia regarding Donbas, the region in eastern Ukraine broken off from government control with the help of Russian financial and military support.
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A Ukrainian soldier smokes a cigarette in a trench on the front line with Russia-back separatists near Horlivka, Donetsk region on May 23, 2019.
