US Department of State extended the mandate of his Special Representative in Ukraine, while significantly expanding the range of its powers, transmits channel 112 Ukraine message head of the Ukrainian Service "Voice of America" Myroslava Gongadze.
According to sources, Kurt Volker continued and expanded mandate. He will have not only the authority of the situation in the Donbass, he will get more powers in respect of Ukraine as such,, said Gongadze.
Prior to this, the special representative of the US State Department in the affairs of Ukraine Kurt Volker has worked for a year on a voluntary basis, According to the publication.
Walker reported previously, that in mid-May, is scheduled to visit the Donbass and visit the war zone. In this case, the special representative did not answer the question, if he was going in the near future to conduct any negotiations with Russian officials.