Merkel advisor says EU may ban insurgent leaders

UNIAN

"These are people who should be included on the list of visa sanctions," Hoysgen said.

Hoysgen repeated statements previously made in Berlin that the elections held on November 2 by the insurgents threatened the peace process in Ukraine’s Donbas conflict zone and run contrary to the Minsk peace agreements.

Insurgent leader Alexander Zakharchenko won Sunday's election to head the self-declared Donetsk People's Republic. In neighbouring Lugansk region, current insurgent leader Igor Plotnytskiy was the winner.