2017

Chairman of the DPR People's Council, Permanent Representative of the DPR to the negotiations of the Contact group in Minsk Denis Pushilin took part in the programme "Informally" on the "Oplot" TV channel. During the broadcast, the plenipotentiary representative told about the results of the Contact group's recent meeting.

The Ukrainian authorities openly demonstrate their intention to ‘cleanse’ Donbass. The deputy of the Verkhovna Rada from the Petro Poroshenko Bloc, Ivan Winnick, did not hesitate to say that, at the most appropriate option, which he called voluntary, it would be necessary to carry out a ‘police cleanse of elements, which might mimicry to peaceful population. And he called the second option an enforcement one.

The Donetsk People’s Republic has confirmed its participation in an extraordinary videoconference, which will take place on August 31. The subject of the videoconference will be a confirmation of the parties' actions to secure a permanent ceasefire, as stated by the Contact Group on August 23.

"School truce" is designed to reduce the intensity of shellings and to remove the threat of resumption of full-fledged combat operations, a complete ceasefire, though, is possible only after the disengagement of forces and facilities along the entire front line.

During the telephone conversations, which took place on August 22, 2017, the leaders of the Normandy Four endorsed the idea of a truce in Donbass in connection with the beginning of the new school year.

If we analyze the latest data from the Institute of Sociology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, we can conclude that the attitude of Ukrainians to the people of the Donbass is absolutely the same – both to those who live in the Republics and to those who for various reasons (including ideological ones) moved to the territory of Ukraine.

On August 28, a solemn presentation of membership cards of public movement “Donetsk Republic” to the employees of the Yasinovka cokery plant was held in the enterprise’s auditorium.

The Ukrainian side keeps on sabotaging the implementation of the Minsk agreements. In recent days, according to official data of the DPR Ministry of Defense, there have been regular reports of the deployment of Ukrainian weapons and military equipment to the line of contact.

On August 26, a holiday concert entitled “With Makeyevka in heart”, which was timed to the 327th anniversary of the founding of the city, was held in Makeyevka. The event was attended by the Chairman of the DPR People’s Council Denis Pushilin, the People’s Council’s deputies, the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation’s deputy Andrey Kozenko and the Acting Head of the Makeyevka city administration Valery Lyakhovets.

On August 26, an exhibition fair of domestic manufacturers` products entitled “Potential of the Donetsk People’s Republic – 2017” was opened in Donetsk. The event was attended by the Chairman of the Donetsk People’s Republic Denis Pushilin and the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation’s deputy Andrey Kozenko.