Ukraine’s acting Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk has promised to give pro-Russian separatists amnesty if they lay down their weapons and leave buildings they’ve occupied in eastern Ukraine.<br /><br />His words came after Thursday’s deal by the US, EU, Russia and Ukraine in Geneva, however the issue of territory remains.<br /><br />Speaking to the Kyiv parliament the acting Ukrainian prime minister said: “Crimea is Ukrainian territory. People in Donetsk and Luhansk have had their property taken from them. Vladimir Putin, it’s our Crimea, our Yalta, our sea and our territory.” <br /><br />The self-declared leader of the pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine, Dennis Pushilin, has reportedly said he doesn’t consider his men to be bound by an agreement between Russia and Ukraine.<br /><br />He has said he will only consider leaving public buildings when the Kyiv government steps down.<br /><br />One pro-Russian Sloviansk resident said he feels “besieged from all sides by the army” and they’ve decided they want “federalism and a referendum.”<br /><br />It’s clear that difficulties remain despite the Geneva agreement. Several issues were not addressed including the build-up of Russian troops on the Ukrainian border or the increased NATO presence on Russia’s western border announced on Wednesday.
