2017

As part of today's videoconference, the DPR raised the issue of systematic violations of the ceasefire regime by the AFU. In their claims, the representatives of the Republic were not even based on the data of the DPR Army, which our opponents consider contentious, but on the reports of the OSCE SMM, which, according to the Package of Measures, has the function of monitoring the situation.

The complete separation of forces and means along the entire line of contact in Donbass may not take place in the foreseeable future because of the position of Kiev. This view was shared by 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 in an interview with the correspondent of RIA Novosti.

Ukrainian economists expect that in the near future the dollar will jump to UAH 27, which, in turn, will entail a price increase of at least 12%. It is also forecasted that the devaluation of the Ukrainian national currency, observed in recent weeks, will lead to acceleration in the inflation rate.

Three deputies of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, including Yulia Timoshenko, were included in the section "Purgatory" of the base of the Mitorvorets (Peacemaker) centre. While the Ukrainian border guards and law enforcement agencies are showing slowness, the 'beloved' informational 'napalm' immediately began to use weapons against its own people.

All Ukrainian news feeds are full of Saakashvili's name – he entered the territory of Ukraine with the confidence that the eccentricity of the action will attract attention. Was this what he was trying to achieve?

The situation with regard to the implementation of the Minsk agreements has not moved off dead center. The reason for this yet again is the Ukrainian side’s ignoring of the commitments it made. Kiev has neither political will nor willingness to implement even the first paragraphs of the Set of Measures.

On September 7, Pyotr Poroshenko delivered an annual message to the Verkhovna Rada, which caused a pronounced negative reaction among some Ukrainian deputies, public figures and ordinary citizens of the country.

Three Kherson schools categorically refuse to switch to the Ukrainian language. The City Council failed to find the best way to force violent Ukrainization other than to dismiss directors of educational institutions that are unable to 'convince' the parents.

On September 6, a regular meeting of the Contact Group on the peaceful settlement of the conflict in Donbass was held in Minsk. The agenda of the meeting included compliance with a cease-fire, the implementation of the Agreement on the separation of forces and means and the exchange of prisoners.

The discussion of the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin's initiative to send peacekeepers to the Donbass is buzzing the second day. The Heads of the DPR and the LPR expressed their agreement to discuss this proposal. Why did the topic acquire such a turn, if only recently did the Republic express absolute disagreement with the deployment of UN peacekeepers on their territory?