This is as per a new law adopted by parliament.
This amnesty would affect rebels in Donetsk and Luhansk regions, but will not cover the shooting down of the MH17 plane. In view of this amnesty, the pro-Russian separatists who have been taken prisoner in the fighting should now be released. Simultaneously, the rebels who are holding government buildings in the east should now vacate them, hand over prisoners and surrender their weapons.
However, a section of the rebels are demanding full independence, and want to create a new state called "Novorossiya" – it is similar to what Russian President Vladimir Putin had talked about in his speeches. Incidentally, heavy shelling around the government-held airport of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine have been reported in spite of the fragile ceasefire.
Pro-Russian rebels have been engaged in heavy fighting with government forces in Donetsk and Luhansk since April - a month after Russia annexed Ukraine's Crimea peninsula – and, till date, nearly 3,000 people have been killed in the conflict and over 310,000 have been internally displaced in Ukraine as per UN statistics.
While Ukraine and the West continue to accuse Russia of providing the rebels with regular soldiers and heavy weapons, Russia continues any direct involvement.
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