Ukrainian Foreign Affairs Ministry hits back at hard-left leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon over Donbas referendum

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Ukraine’s Foreign Affairs Ministry criticized French politician Jean-Luc Mélenchon after he said residents of Donbas should be consulted about their future. The remarks concern the contested region’s status amid Russia’s war against Ukraine.

The leader of the hard-left France Unbowed party declared that Ukrainians living in the Donbas should be "consulted' on their future.