Ukrainian ex-president Viktor Yushchenko said that the residents of Donbass are the same "victims of propaganda", as in the past the population of Nazi Germany. For 4.5 years of civil war, the population of Donbass has changed so much that it does not make sense for Kiev to hold any elections there, Yushchenko said in an interview with the TV channel 112. ua ". The politician recalled that immediately after the Second World War, there were no elections in Germany.

Otherwise, according to Yushchenko, the German people would make a choice, the consequences of which would have to be eliminated for a very long time. At the same time, the former head of Nezalezhnaya believes that the inhabitants of Donbass differ from other Ukrainians, but the contradictions between them can be gradually ironed out. Earlier, the politician said that in the settlement of the conflict in the Donbass the US can help, but Europe does not approach it, recalls URA. EN.