The fifth anniversary of the tragic attack on Bosse by the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the role of the Pereyaslav Council in the history of Ukraine, the significance of Crimea's experience for the People’s Republics in the process of integrating the DPR and LPR legislation with the legislation of the Russian Federation, and the course of the Minsk process. These topics were discussed by the DPR People’s Council Chairman, Vladimir Bidyovka, on the…

Deputy of the People’s Council Marina Zheynova urged Kiev to get into politics instead of war in an interview to the Federal News Agency.

On January 23, the capital's Centre for Slavic Culture, with the support of the Head of the Donetsk People’s Republic, hosted the final of the republican contest “Person of the Year 2019”. DPR Head Denis Pushilin, People’s Council Chairman Vladimir Bidyovka, deputies, representatives of ministries, departments, public movements and organizations attended the event.

People’s Council MP Vladislav Berdichevsky in an interview with the Federal News Agency commented on the statement of Ukraine's Defence Minister that the complete disengagement of forces and means on the contact line in Donbass contradicts the Minsk agreements.

The Deputy Chairman of the People’s Council’s Committee on Agriculture and Land Resources and Deputy Yuri Leonov outlined the Committee’s work on a draft law on naming of geographical features.

On January 22, a mourning rally was held in Donetsk in memory of civilians who perished as a result of shelling of the Bosse microdistrict.  Head of the DPR Denis Pushilin, Chairman of the People’s Council Vladimir Bidyovka, MPs, Deputy Prime Minister Tatiana Pereverzeva, representatives of ministries and departments, as well as residents of the Republic, attended the event.

A statement made by the Deputy Secretary of the National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine Sergey Krivonos on Kiev’s readiness to take Donbass back by force demonstrates that the peaceful settlement of the conflict is a low priority concern for Ukraine. This was stated by the Chairman of the DPR’s People’s Council Vladimir Bidyovka in his commentary to RIA Novosti.

MP of the DPR People’s Council Vladislav Berdichevsky, in a commentary for the Federal News Agency, battered a statement of the Special Representative of OSCE Chairperson-in-Office in Trilateral Contact Group on the settlement of the situation in the East of Ukraine, Martin Sajdik, about the possibility of freezing the conflict in Donbass according to the Transnistrian scenario.

The Chairman of the DPR’s People’s Council Vladimir Bidyovka said in an interview to RIA Novosti that the residents of Donbass would love to see the region to become a full-fledged subject of the Russian Federation, but this was hampered by a difficult international situation.

On January 18, the Chairman of the DPR’s People’s Council Vladimir Bidyovka and the Deputy Chairman of the LPR’s People’s Council Oleg Koval attended a Great Circle meeting of the Cossack military society “Black Sea Cossack Host”, which was held in the Crimean Academic Russian Drama Theatre named after M. Gorky.