In his speech at the military parade in Kiev on the occasion of the Independence Day of Ukraine, Pyotr Poroshenko once again announced his plans for the creation of a unified autocephalous Ukrainian Orthodox Church.

The 23rd concluded ceasefire does not guarantee a complete armistice, it will only reduce the amount of shelling and the level of escalation of the conflict. This was stated by the Chairman of DPR People's Council, Permanent Representative of the DPR at the talks of the Contact Group in Minsk Denis Pushilin in his interview to the television channel "Oplot TV".

On August 26, during the visit of the Donetsk People's Republic delegation to the Republic of South Ossetia on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of recognition of its state independence by the Russian Federation, DPR People's Council Chairman Denis Pushilin met with the Speaker of the South Ossetian Parliament Pyotr Gassiyev.

On August 26, the celebrations dedicated to the tenth anniversary of the recognition of state independence of the Republic of South Ossetia by the Russian Federation took place in Tskhinvali. The events, which were held in the framework of the celebrations, were attended by the DPR delegation, which included the Head of the DPR Alexander Zakharchenko, Chairman of the DPR People’s Council Denis Pushilin, Deputies of the Chairman of Council of…

On August 24, the Chairman of the DPR People's Council, the head of the Russian Center, Denis Pushilin, congratulated the members of the DPR team on billiards, who took the first and second places in the Ryazan Region Championship.

On August 24, a set of activities of education, discussion, cultural and entertainment programme was held in a picnic park "Roshcha" with the assistance of the Russian Centre and public organization “Young Republic”. The event was attended by the Chairman of the DPR People’s Council, Head of the Russian Centre Denis Pushilin, Deputy Minister of Youth, Sport and Tourism Dmitry Kovyrshin, Russian public and political figure Dmitry Averkin,…

On August 24, in Donetsk, in the Integrated Children's and Youth Sports School No. 5 with the support of the Russian Center, the International Futsal Tournament in memory of Vladimir Degtyaryov started. The event was attended by Chairman of the DPR People's Council Denis Pushilin, Acting Minister of Youth Policy of Sports and Tourism Alexander Gromakov, deputy head of the administration of the city of Makeyevka Irina Lyakh, as well as Vladimir…

On August 23, a festive procession and rally on occasion of Miner’s Day were held in Donetsk. The event was attended by the Chairman of the DPR People’s Council Denis Pushilin, Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers Alexander Timofeyev, representatives of the coal enterprises of Donetsk, Makeyevka, Shakhtyorsk, Kirovskoye, Torez and Snezhnoye, as well as honoured workers of coal industry.

The Donetsk People's Republic may hold not only regular elections of the Head of State and Parliament, but also a new referendum on its state status. Such a point of view in a conversation with TASS was expressed by the Chairman of the People's Council of the DPR, Denis Pushilin.

On August 22, a regular meeting of the Contact Group on the peaceful settlement of the conflict in Donbass took place in the capital of the Republic of Belarus. In the framework of today's meeting, the current truce was summed up and the proposal to introduce another one on the eve of the new school year was considered in addition to a traditional discussion of ceasefire issues.