Kurt Volker speaks about purpose of his visit to Donbas

U.S. Special Representative for Ukraine Negotiations Kurt Volker has announced his visit to eastern Ukraine.

He will learn more about the situation in the region on the ground, he wrote on his Twitter.

"I’m heading to eastern Ukraine next week to see more about the situation on the ground and to learn about the humanitarian crisis in the #Donbas," he wrote.

This will be his seventh visit to Ukraine for the past eight months of his term as a special representative.

As Ukrinform reported, President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko announced on May 10 that Kurt Volker would visit Ukraine on Monday, May 14.

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