The issue of the return of the occupied Crimea and Donbas to Ukraine can help to resolve the granting of special status to them. In the case of the annexed peninsula - perhaps even national-cultural autonomy.
This was in an exclusive interview with ObozTV told the first president of Ukraine Leonid Kravchuk.
However, at the same time, he stressed that the issue of the Crimea should be considered separately from the Donbass.
The ex-president also complained that the peninsula at one time was given the status of a territorial rather than a national autonomy.
"It was not very reasonable," he explained, recalling that the Constitution of Ukraine is preparing to make appropriate amendments.
"This means that the Crimean Tatars will be the subjects of power in the Crimea," he said..