The next populist statements of the President of Ukraine that "the country is demonstrating economic growth for five consecutive quarters" are lost on the hard facts of statistical data.

On September 1, a ceremonial school assembly on the occasion of Knowledge Day took place in the Makeyevka lyceum №1 “Leader”. The event was attended by the Chairman of the DPR People’s Council Denis Pushilin, the People’s Council’s deputy Vladimir Chekun, the First Deputy Minister of Construction, Housing and Utilities Vitaly Kizhaev, the Deputy Head of the Ministry of Emergencies Dmitry Zakharov, the Deputy Head of the Makeyevka city…

On September 1, a commemorative event was held at the Donbass Law Academy to coincide the beginning of the new 2017/18 school year and the upcoming Lawyers’ Day. The celebration was attended by the Chairman of the DPR People's Council Denis Pushilin, the People's Council’s deputies Sergey Zavdoveyev and Alexander Simonenko, the President of the Supreme Court Eduard Yakubovsky.

On September 1, the Makeyevka secondary school of I-III degree No 53 held a celebratory assembly dedicated to the beginning of the academic year and the Knowledge Day. The event was attended by the Chairman of the People's Council of the DPR Denis Pushilin.

Ukraine really likes to imitate Western idols. Jane Psaki’s role is brilliantly performed by Darka Olifer, the spokesman of Leonid Kuchma. Today, she decided to impress readers with the original absurdity of her publications once again.

As part of today's videoconference, the Donetsk People's Republic has confirmed its commitment to the implementation of the "school armistice", and also welcomed the participants' proposals on measures to prevent the aggravation of situation on the contact line, the need to investigate and punish the perpetrators of violations of the "silence regime".

Chairman of the DPR People's Council, Permanent Representative of the DPR to the negotiations of the Contact group in Minsk Denis Pushilin took part in the programme "Informally" on the "Oplot" TV channel. During the broadcast, the plenipotentiary representative told about the results of the Contact group's recent meeting.

The Ukrainian authorities openly demonstrate their intention to ‘cleanse’ Donbass. The deputy of the Verkhovna Rada from the Petro Poroshenko Bloc, Ivan Winnick, did not hesitate to say that, at the most appropriate option, which he called voluntary, it would be necessary to carry out a ‘police cleanse of elements, which might mimicry to peaceful population. And he called the second option an enforcement one.

The Donetsk People’s Republic has confirmed its participation in an extraordinary videoconference, which will take place on August 31. The subject of the videoconference will be a confirmation of the parties' actions to secure a permanent ceasefire, as stated by the Contact Group on August 23.

"School truce" is designed to reduce the intensity of shellings and to remove the threat of resumption of full-fledged combat operations, a complete ceasefire, though, is possible only after the disengagement of forces and facilities along the entire front line.