Pro-referendum activists in the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) in southeastern Ukraine say they are open for talks with Kiev, but fear the regime will deceive them once again, DPR’s Co-Chairman Denis Pushilin said Thursday. (…)

Denis Pushilin said Putin’s proposal would be discussed at a meeting of the people’s assembly on Thursday, since DPR authorities had the “utmost respect for President Putin’s position.”