With the help of the so-called 'Joint Forces Operation,' Kiev intends to isolate the Donbass. The creation of 'restricted' or 'restricted access' areas for civilians is an attempt to conceal the illegal use of weapons against civilians and a number of other crimes of the Kiev punitive forces in the Donbass.

I am not sure that a situation on the line of contact will change dramatically only because not a so-called anti-terrorist operation, but a military operation of united forces that will be launched on the part of Ukraine and will target the citizens of the Republics.

The government of Ukraine, having tackled all other problems in the country apparently, has recently adopted a resolution, according to which “higher educational establishment” term is changed to “institution of higher education”.

Ukraine and its offshore masters were looking for ways to counteract integration processes since the DPR had initiated the Humanitarian Programme on the reunification of people of Donbass. It is obvious that one of those responses has become a project of the USAID organization “Donbas Activity”, which, according to stated objectives, intends to change the sentiments of the population of Donbass on favour of Ukraine.

A Ukrainian enterprise PJSC “Motor Sich”, which is one of the world’s largest engine manufacturers for aviation equipment, is once again under pressure of the SSU.

On April 23, Chairman of the DPR People's Council Denis Pushilin met with the deputy of the National Assembly of the Republic of Mali, the chairman of the SADI (African Solidarity for Democracy and Independence) party, Oumar Mariko. This is reported by a correspondent for the official website of the Donetsk People's Republic.

The sudden and dramatic deterioration of a situation on the line of contact shows that Kiev is ready to carry out even bigger provocations despite truce established in Minsk.

The Ukrainian media are full of headlines announcing Poroshenko's trip to a NATO summit in July, continuing to create a picture of Ukraine's support by the West. But the thing is they have to create a picture from nothing. Where was Poroshenko invited to and is NATO waiting for Ukraine?

The Donetsk water filtration plant has interrupted its work for five days, the security mechanism for plant staff should be developed in the meantime. This was reported by the Chairman of the DPR People’s Council, the Permanent Plenipotentiary Representative of the DPR in the Contact group’s negotiations in Minsk Denis Pushilin to the correspondent of the “Russia-24” TV channel during an interview.

On the eve of the 75th anniversary of Donbass liberation, Denis Pushilin on behalf of the Russian Centre invited the representatives of hero cities of the Soviet Union to rebuild an alley destroyed as a result of hostilities over Saur-Mogila in 2014. This proposal was made on April 19 during a conference entitled “Cultural space of the people of Russia and Donbass”, which took place in Moscow.