The working group on security discussed today in the videoconference mode the situation around the Donetsk Filtering Station, as well as additional measures to monitor compliance with the ceasefire.

Ukraine’s actions in Donbass are becoming more aggressive and resemble 2014-2015. This was stated 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 in a live programme “Time Will Tell” on the First Russian TV channel.

The US State Department rumbled hastily to rehabilitate the AFU, which launched a fierce attack on Gorlovka. As a result, four people were wounded, a direct hit in a multi-storey residential building was recorded, as well as several more damages! In the last two days alone, Ukrainian artillery has launched almost a thousand munitions on the DPR settlements.

The government of Hungary has adopted a memorandum on the protection of Transcarpathian Hungarians, which, as a matter of fact, allows interfering in the internal affairs of Ukraine in case of danger to their compatriots.

The serious aggravation of the situation on the demarcation line, especially in Gorlovka, planned by the Kiev authorities, may be due to the recent change in the scenario of military aggression against the Donbass. Now it is important for Kiev to justify the change of the ‘ATO’ format and show what the Ukrainian army is capable of.

The resource of diplomatic solutions in the negotiations on Donbass in Minsk are almost depleted, the Donetsk People’s Republic and Russia have taken every possible steps to resolve the conflict. 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 RIA Novosti.

The modern war is waged not only at the front with the help of weapons. The main battle in the Donbass is for the minds and hearts of people. And while the DPR consistently pursues a humanitarian programme for residents of the Donbass territories temporarily controlled by Ukraine, 

To raise the question of the reintegration of the Republics of Donbass into Ukraine is blasphemous towards the citizens of the DPR. 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 Federal News Agency.

On May 17, a meeting of the Committee of the DPR People’s Council on Budget, Finance and Economic Policy took place, where its participants discussed a draft bill “On amendments to the Law of the Donetsk People’s Republic “On the tax system””, which is aimed at supporting agricultural taxpayers. 

On May 16, a regular meeting of the Contact Group on the peaceful settlement of the conflict in Donbass took place in Minsk.