PACE recognizes occupation of part of Donbas by Russia
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has supported the amendment proposed by the Ukrainian delegation and voted to recognize the occupation of part of Donbas by Russia.
"It's a victory! An important amendment of the Ukrainian delegation to PACE has been adopted in the report "State of emergency: proportionality issues concerning derogations under Article 15 of the European Convention on Human Rights", and the Assembly voted to recognize the occupation of part of Donbas by Russia!" Head of the Ukrainian Delegation to the PACE Volodymyr Ariev of the Petro Poroshenko faction wrote on his Facebook page.
In turn, representative of the Ukrainian delegation to the PACE Oleksiy Honcharenko on the air of the 112.ua TV channel explained: "The Parliamentary Assembly has just supported the amendment by the Ukrainian delegation... to change the wording when describing the situation in the uncontrolled and occupied territory of Donbas – to replace the words non-government controlled territories' with the words territories under effective control by the Russian Federation'."
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