Pro-Russian rebels will not leave until Ukrainian government resigns
PRO-RUSSIAN rebel who had occupied official buildings in Ukraine have refused to leave until the government resigns.
Vladimir Putin agreed to take tentative steps toward calming tensions along their shared border after weeks of conflict on Thursday.
But the leader of the rebels say he didn’t speak for them, only Moscow.
Pro-Russian insurgents have been occupying government buildings in more than 10 cities.
Denis Pushilin, a chairman of the self-appointed Donetsk People's Republic, told reporters that the insurgents do not recognise the Ukrainian government as legitimate.
Pushilin, speaking at the insurgent-occupied regional administration's building in Donetsk, said the deal specifies that all illegally seized buildings should be vacated, and in his opinion the government in Kiev is also occupying public buildings illegally.
COMPLICATED: Putin does not recognise the Ukrainian government as legitimate [REUTERS] "This is a reasonable agreement but everyone should vacate the buildings and that includes Yatsenyuk and Turchynov," he said referring to the acting Ukrainian prime minister and president. He reiterated the call for a referendum that he said will allow "self-determination of the people."
The deal agreed in Geneva calls for disarming all paramilitary groups and the immediate return of all government buildings seized across the country.
Neither the Ukrainian government nor the Right Sector movement, whose activists are occupying Kiev's city hall and a cultural centre in the capital, commented Friday.
Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk told the parliament Friday morning that the government has drafted a law that would offer amnesty to all those who will be willing to lay down their arms and leave the occupied government buildings. 
SPARKED: Putin chose to annexe Crimea to protect Russians in the area [AP] Kiev-based political analyst Vasim Karasyov said Ukraine's fledgling government does not have the resources to resolve the stand-off in eastern Ukraine militarily, so it is going to have to negotiate with the pro-Russian protesters.
Kiev "should finally listen to the demands of those people, what they want," he said.
"They don't even know what their demands are; maybe they are reasonable. The government in Kiev is pretending as if there are no problems in the east."
The crisis was sparked when Russia annexed Crimea in what they say is a bid to protect native-Russian’s in the peninsula.
Vladimir Putin agreed to take tentative steps toward calming tensions along their shared border after weeks of conflict on Thursday.
But the leader of the rebels say he didn’t speak for them, only Moscow.
Pro-Russian insurgents have been occupying government buildings in more than 10 cities.
Denis Pushilin, a chairman of the self-appointed Donetsk People's Republic, told reporters that the insurgents do not recognise the Ukrainian government as legitimate.
Pushilin, speaking at the insurgent-occupied regional administration's building in Donetsk, said the deal specifies that all illegally seized buildings should be vacated, and in his opinion the government in Kiev is also occupying public buildings illegally.
COMPLICATED: Putin does not recognise the Ukrainian government as legitimate [REUTERS] The deal agreed in Geneva calls for disarming all paramilitary groups and the immediate return of all government buildings seized across the country.
Neither the Ukrainian government nor the Right Sector movement, whose activists are occupying Kiev's city hall and a cultural centre in the capital, commented Friday.
Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk told the parliament Friday morning that the government has drafted a law that would offer amnesty to all those who will be willing to lay down their arms and leave the occupied government buildings.
SPARKED: Putin chose to annexe Crimea to protect Russians in the area [AP] Kiev "should finally listen to the demands of those people, what they want," he said.
"They don't even know what their demands are; maybe they are reasonable. The government in Kiev is pretending as if there are no problems in the east."
The crisis was sparked when Russia annexed Crimea in what they say is a bid to protect native-Russian’s in the peninsula.
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