On March 18, Russian voters were not allowed to polling stations in Ukraine during presidential elections in the Russian Federation, legislatively breaking off economic relations with the Russian Federation a few days later and introducing requirements for its citizens to report about visiting the country beforehand. What do these stepped-up attacks against Russia mean that boomerangs back onto Ukraine itself?

The use of the term 'ATO' will be correct only until April 30, Poroshenko said during his last visit to the Lugansk region. According to him, after this day, it will be right to say "JFO", that is, "joint forces operation". But the thing is that Poroshenko did not specify: was it right to unleash a civil war in the country and does it matter how to call the killing of civilians - "ATO" or "JFO"?

On March 19, the UN published a report on observance of human rights in Ukraine, covering the period from November 16, 2017, to February 15, 2018. What is new in this document for the citizens of the Donetsk People’s Republic? What should one pay attention to? And are there any changes in the evaluation of the actions of the Ukrainian government by the UN?

The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Pavel Klimkin, in an interview with Bild called on the European Union to impose sanctions against former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder. Basically, there is no need to look for logic where it does not exist, given that similar statements Mr. Klimkin has made abundantly.

On March 16, a meeting entitled “Russia – Donbass. Together forever!” took place near a “To militia of all times” monument on the square near the building of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Crimea.

On Friday, March 16, the city of Simferopol (the Republic of Crimea, the Russian Federation) is hosting festive events dedicated to the fourth anniversary of the all-Crimean referendum in 2014 and the Day of the Crimea's reunification with Russia.

Clouds are piling up over the deputy of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Nadezhda Savchenko. She made quite a lot of public statements, accusing acting colleagues of involvement in murders during “Maidan”, the loss of Crimea, death of Ukrainians in pockets and, of course, cooperation with Russia.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine has prepared several options for both suspension and denunciation of the Treaty of Friendship, cooperation and partnership with the Russian Federation. Currently, Ukraine believes that the CIS is a Soviet model that has exhausted itself.

In accordance with the instruction of the Head of the Donetsk People's Republic, Aleksandr Vladimirovich Zakharchenko, today an appeal was sent to the OSCE requesting assistance in organizing an extraordinary meeting of the Contact Group in videoconference mode to discuss the "Easter truce" from April 1 and its main parameters.

On March 14, another meeting of the Contact Group on the peaceful settlement of the conflict in the Donbass took place in Minsk. The agenda included issues of compliance with the armistice, the implementation of the agreement on the disengagement of forces and facilities in Stanitsa Luganskaya, the preparation of the exchange of prisoners and the implementation of the Steinmeier's Formula.