Що має значення - це заголовок. Бо далі заголовків люди не читають. Тому створюється враження, що це внутрішній конфлікт, а відтак допомагати якійсь із сторін у цьому конфлікті ніхто не буде.
Ukraine's parliament has granted self-rule to eastern regions controlled by pro-Russian rebels, as well as an amnesty for the fighters themselves.
The measures are in line with the 5 September ceasefire agreement signed by President Petro Poroshenko.
The European and Ukrainian parliaments have also voted to ratify a major EU-Ukraine association agreement.
The rebels have been battling Ukrainian government forces since their seizure of eastern regions bordering Russia.
Ukraine and the West have accused Russia of backing the rebels with soldiers and heavy weapons. Russia denies doing so.
At least 3,000 people have been killed in the five-month conflict and more than 310,000 internally displaced in Ukraine, the UN says.
The amnesty affects rebels in Donetsk and Luhansk regions, but does not cover the shooting down of the MH17 passenger plane in July.
Western leaders believe rebels shot down the Malaysia Airlines jet with a Russian missile - a charge the rebels and Russia deny.
Rebels accused of other "grave" crimes will not be covered by the new amnesty either.
Historic day
The rebels have controlled most of Donetsk and Luhansk regions since April. They launched their uprising soon after Russia annexed Ukraine's Crimea peninsula.
On Tuesday there was heavy shelling around the government-held airport in Donetsk, despite a fragile ceasefire.
Meanwhile Russia is preparing to send extra troops to Crimea, Russian media reported.
They quoted Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu as saying that deploying "proper and self-sufficient forces" there was a top priority in light of the "presence of foreign military in the immediate vicinity of our borders".
