On June 4, the Deputy of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Oleg Musiy submitted a draft law on the deprivation of property of the residents of Donbass, who obtained a Russian passport and resided in certain areas of the Donetsk and Lugansk regions. The Chairman of the DPR’s People’s Council Vladimir Bidyovka criticized these actions of Kiev power in a commentary to RIA Novosti.

President Zelensky's press service explains the secrecy of his "road map" with security reasons. What so they put into this concept for all remains a mystery. Ms. Mendel also reported on some incidents involving the blocking of Zelensky’s initiatives by the other side. She did not specify which side exactly. If she meant the Donbass as a party, then I again have a question: when were the first initiatives and what exactly did our representatives…

The opening of a criminal investigation against Poroshenko in Ukraine is welcomed by every citizen of Donbass. This was stated by the Deputy of the DPR’s People’s Council Elena Shishkina in a commentary to the Donetsk News Agency.

The Deputy of the People’s Council Elena Shishkina commented on the outcome of a meeting of the President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky with the representatives of the European Union in Brussels in an interview to the official website of the DPR.

The statement of the President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky demonstrates his incompetence as a politician and a continuation of the policy, which was once taken by Petro Poroshenko.

On May 4, the President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky announced his readiness to negotiate with Russia and implement the Minsk agreements during a joint briefing with the Secretary-General of NATO Jens Stoltenberg. Except that he noted that Ukraine needed to become stronger in economic, political and military sense, as well as had to be able to defend itself.

The shelling of the Ahat Jami Mosque in the Kuibyshevsky district of Republic's capital once again showed the true face of the Ukrainian authorities. This was stated in an interview with the Donetsk News Agency by the deputy of the DPR People’s Council, the chairman of the Development of Civil Society, Issues of Public and Religious Organizations Committee, Maxim Parshin.

Zelensky continues Pyotr Poroshenko's policy. Deputies of the People's DPR Council Vladislav Berdichevsky and Elena Shishkina expressed such an opinion live on All Out programme.

The appointment of Leonid Kuchma as a plenipotentiary representative of Ukraine in the Trilateral Contact Group is a demonstration of a real position of Zelensky towards the Minsk agreements. This was stated by the Deputy of the DPR’s People’s Council Alexey Zhigulin in an interview to the official website of the Donetsk People’s Republic.

During the election campaign, Vladimir Zelensky repeatedly declared his commitment to a diplomatic settlement of the conflict with the Donbass and the need to establish a dialogue with the Republics, as well as to resume relations with the Russian Federation. However, in the first days after the inauguration, Mr. Zelensky's rhetoric changed dramatically.