Ukraine’s PM calls for referendum on constitutional changes

On 24 January Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk called for a referendum on constitutional changes. These amendments to the constitution are an important part of the implementation of the Minsk agreements between Russia and Ukraine. They will be centered around extensive decentralization legislature, especially in the rebel-held areas of Donbas and Luhansk. Earlier this week, President Petro Poroshenko warned those that “block the constitutional process” that failure of the implementation of the Minsk agreements could lead to a “full-scale conflict” in Ukraine.