The resolution of a military confrontation between the Republics of Donbass and Ukraine lies solely within the framework of the signed Minsk agreements and a corresponding resolution of the United Nations Security Council, therefore a statement of the President of Belarus on a deployment of peacekeepers is untimely. This was stated by Deputy of the DPR’s People’s Council Vladislav Berdichevsky in an interview to the official website of the…

The continued sabotage of a peaceful process by new Ukrainian power encourages Donbass to strengthen partnership relations with Russia. This was stated by Deputy of the DPR’s People’s Council Marina Zheynova in an interview to the Donetsk News Agency.

Due to the contradictory statements of the aide to the President of Ukraine Andrey Yermak, indicating that the Ukrainian party has blocked the negotiation process, the DPR bets on strengthening economic ties with Russia, expanding production, and synchronizing legislation. DPR People’s Council MP Valery Skorokhodov talked about it in an interview with the Donetsk News Agency.

Yermak’s statement that a special status of Donbass is not negotiable during Minsk negotiations means that Ukraine has no intention to comply with the Package of Measures and is not inclined to end the war in Donbass. This was stated by Deputy of the DPR’s People’s Council Miroslav Rudenko in an interview to the Donetsk News Agency.

The statement of the aide to the President of Ukraine Zelensky Andrey Yermak that the special status is not the subject of negotiations at the meetings in Minsk and in the “Normandy format” was commented in an interview with RIA Novosti by the deputy of the DPR People’s Council, Alexander Kurenkov.

Deputy of the DPR’s People’s Council Vladislav Berdichevsky commented on Andrey Yermak’s statement, an adviser of the Ukrainian president, that a special status of the DPR and the LPR was not negotiable either in the Normandy format or in Minsk.

Deputy of the DPR’s People’s Council Elena Shishkina commented on a statement of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Vadim Pristaiko about the need to change the Steinmeier formula, which he made in an interview to “Evropeiskaya Pravda”, to the Donetsk News Agency.

Ukrainian delegation’s refusal to sign the Steinmeier formula jeopardizes a meeting in the Normandy format. This was reported by Deputy of the DPR’s People’s Council Oleg Onopko to the Donetsk News Agency.

Deputy of the DPR People’s Council Vladislav Berdichevsky commented for RIA Novosti Vadim Pristayko’s statement that one of Kiev’s steps to resolve the conflict in Donbass would be to deploy a UN peacekeeping mission in the region if it wasn't resolved on the basis of the Minsk agreements.

The “Normandy Four” will require President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky to fulfil his earlier commitments. This was stated in a commentary for the Donetsk News Agency of deputy of the People’s DPR Council Alexander Kamyshov.