On the eve of May 9, Ukrainian media reported police drills, the demolition of monuments to the heroes of the Great Patriotic War, and also announced the organization of the column of the "immortal" division of the SS.

There is no comprehensive solution to the existing problem with shelling of the Donetsk Filtering Station by the AFU, it is necessary to conduct the withdrawal of forces and facilities on this site with the involvement of international observers, 

On May 5, with the assistance of the Russian Center, a videoconference entitled "The Importance of the National Action "Immortal Regiment" in the Patriotic Education of Youth" was held in the Art-Donbass art museum.

On May 4, a regular meeting of the Contact Group took place in the capital of the Republic of Belarus. The agenda of the meeting included issues of the observance of a cease-fire, implementation of the Agreement on Separation of Forces and Means, as well as preparation for prisoner exchange.

Brusque and revolting attack, to which the Ukrainian Armed Forces subjected the employees of the Donetsk water filtration plant, who were riding in the bus of the “Water of Donbass” public utility company, was reflected in the findings of the Joint Centre on Control and Coordination’s experts and the reports of the OSCE SMM. 

The losses that Ukraine incurs due to the actions of the current Kiev authorities, in some respects, are comparable to the damage inflicted during its occupation by the German fascists. 

The process of exchanging prisoners between the Donetsk People's Republic and Ukraine is still a matter of serious disagreement between the parties. This was said to Izvestia by DPR Permanent Representative at the talks of the Contact Group in Minsk, Chairman of the DPR People's Council Denis Pushilin.

The Kiev authorities have not decided yet what scenario they will be using to “reintegrate” Donbass. For instance, the Ukrainian Deputy Minister for Temporarily Occupied Territories and Internally Displaced Persons Yuri Grymchak enumerated three possible scenarios of “United Forces Operation”.

On May 1, the Chairman of the DPR People's Council, the Permanent Representative of the DPR to the peace talks in Minsk, Denis Pushilin, in an interview with the official website of the Donetsk People's Republic, commented on the planned supplies of American missile systems to Kiev.

On May 1, with the support of the Russian Center, the capital's Park of Culture and Recreation named after A.Sh. Scherbakov, hosted a concert with the participation of the Russian music groups "Gorod 312" and "KVATRO" and Russian singer Elvira T. More than 10 thousand people came to listen to the performers from Russia. Among them there were the Head of the DPR, Alexander Zakharchenko, and the Chairman of the People's Council, Denis Pushilin.