"There have been no changes in the EU's policy," she told an UNIAN special correspondent in Brussels on Wednesday while commenting on media reports saying that the EU insisted that it had the right to ask Ukraine to grant special status to Donbas as soon as possible.

As was reported, eurointegration.com.ua wrote with reference to the Delegation of the European Union to Ukraine that the EU urged the Ukrainian side to grant special status to Donbas without waiting until Russian-backed militants fulfill their part of the Minsk agreements, including a full ceasefire, and before a local election in eastern Ukraine is held.