On Saturday 8 September, the spokesperson for the European External Action Service (EEAS) criticised the announcement that presidential and parliamentary elections in the so-called Peoples Republics of Luhansk and Donetsk, in eastern Ukraine, are to be held on 11 November 2018.
In a press release, the spokesperson said that this announcement "runs contrary to the spirit and letter of the Minsk agreements, which have specific provisions regarding the organisation of local elections in...