#Commentary of Valery Skorokhodov on Ukrainian scenarios for resolving conflict in Donbass

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”.The first scenario is a purely military operation. Grymchak quotes the Chief of the General Staff Muzhenko that the Ukrainian army can occupy the
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Denis Pushilin assumes possible aggravation of situation in Donbass due to supply of heavy weapons to Ukraine

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."Unfortunately, this is not the first manifestation of aggressive actions not only on part of Ukraine, but also on part of those who agree to supply the AFU with
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Alexander Zakharchenko and Denis Pushilin attend concert of Russian pop stars (photo-report)

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.
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#Commentary of Sergey Rura on changing ‘ATO’ format into ‘Joint Forces Operation’

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.It is obvious that for the Ukrainian authorities both the existence of a different opinion and the publication of facts for the world
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#Commentary of Denis Pushilin on beginning of “United Forces Operation in 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 Kiev regime sought to legalize its crimes – the use of AFU against peaceful population, and Poroshenko – to gain more power with the help of the “Reintegration” law, which
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#Commentary of Alla Obolenskaya on elimination of “higher educational establishment” and introduction of “institution of higher education” terms in Ukraine

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”.The resolution was adopted to harmonize regulatory enactments with scandalous law on education. This is that very law on education that the world community is constantly reproaching Ukraine for and demanding to amend
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#Commentary of Vladimir Bidyovka on USAID project aimed at changing sentiments of Donbass population in favour of Ukraine

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.According to the project
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#Commentary of Ekaterina Martyanova on continuation of financial flows’ redistribution in 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.Earlier, a court arrested controlling interest of the PJSC “Motor Sich” in September 2017 due to the fact that this strategically important enterprise had come under the control of Chinese companies. The law enforcement agency is accusing the enterprise’s administration of subversive
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Denis Pushilin meets presidential candidate of Mali Oumar Mariko

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.Oumar Mariko said that he had arrived in the DPR as part of his familiarization visit. "I'm happy to be here. I have
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#Commentary of Sergey Zavdoveyev on increase in number of provocations by Ukraine

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 AFU made several attempts to attack the positions of our Armed Forces last week, using military hardware and large-caliber weapons. As a result, civilians residing near the front line were injured: there were casualties. Humanitarian and ecological situation is under
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