Vladimir Groysman claimed that Ukraine was completely ready for the heating season for the first time in recent years. With external bravura of this statement, the Prime Minister of Ukraine did not say what darkened this news.

According to the ex-Minister of Defence Anatoly Hrytsenko, the Head of the Security Service of Ukraine Vasily Hrytsak reported crime committed by the President of Ukraine. Hrytsak pointed out the absence of specially constituted army headquarters for military operations, as well as the inability of the Security Service to direct troops in eastern Ukraine.

According to the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Pavel Klimkin, the Hungarian Foreign Ministry notified Ukrainian colleagues about the October 13 rally under the slogan "Self-determination for Transcarpathia". Klimkin asked the question: "Is it that Budapest supporting separatism?" Naturally, a note of protest followed.

The Verkhovna Rada deputy, the leader of “Ukrainian volunteer army”, which had established on the basis of “Right Sector” (a forbidden organization in the DPR – Ed.), Dmitry Yarosh suggested to celebrate the conquest of Donbass on April 20, 2018.

The Chairman of the DPR People’s Council, the permanent plenipotentiary representative of the DPR in the Contact group at negotiations in Minsk Denis Pushilin participated in “Sunday night with Vladimir Solovyov” programme on “Russia-1” TV channel.

On October 7, the Donetsk National Technical University hosted the open championship the "Donbass Bodybuilding and Fitness Cup 2017". The event was supported by the Ministry of Youth Policy, Sports and Tourism. As guests of honour, the championship was attended by the Chairman of the DPR People's Council Denis Pushilin, deputies of the DPR People's Council Ekaterina Martyanova and Oleg Stepanov.

Extensions of the law on a special status were sought by both the Republic and Russia. And today's decision of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, despite all the opposition of the radicals and the unwillingness of the official Kiev to have a special status for the Donbass, speaks about the decisive role of the Russian Federation in the fate of our region, in the fate of Ukraine.

Events in Ukraine began to develop at an extraordinary pace. The conflict between Petro Poroshenko and the Head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Arsen Avakov can be described with the words of the famous Ostap Bender: “The evening ceases to be languid”.

As expected, based on the insider information, the bill on the so-called "renewal of Ukraine's sovereignty" over the free Donbass territories is in complete contradiction with the Minsk agreements in the economic and political parts.

A formal handover of human remains as well as airplane wreck, which had been found at the MH-17 crash site and presumably belonged to passengers and flight crew members, who lost their lives in this tragic crash, to the representatives of Holland K. Walk and R. Daalman took place under the facilitation of the ESCE SMM.