The Ukrainian mass media reported that the Minister of Infrastructure Omelyan stated that Ukraine was going to stop railway communication with Russia.

Russian stage stars are inspired by the warm reception of the Donetsk audience. This was stated in the interview to the First Republican Channel by Chairman of the DPR People's Council, head of the Russian Center Denis Pushilin.

Deputy Vladislav Berdichevsky on the air of the On the One Page programme on the Kometa radio station commented on the message of Ukraine's Ministry of Defense that 11 thousand officers and contract servicemen left the ranks of the Ukrainian army.

On August 3, a solemn event dedicated to Railway Worker’s Day took place in the Office of the “Donetsk Railway” state enterprise. The Chairman of the DPR People’s Council Denis Pushilin, the Acting Minister of Transport Rostislav Markelov, the Acting Minister of Coal and Energy Anatoly Nesterenko and the Director-General of the “Donetsk Railway” state enterprise Oleg Kalevatykh attended the event to congratulate railway workers.

Despite the fact that earlier the OSCE SMM has submitted a request to facilitate safe work and access to the settlements of Kominternovo and Sakhanka to communicate with civilians who live near the contact line, today Alexander Hug independently changed the route and tried to travel to Novoazovsk and Sedovo accompanied by the OSCE SMM patrols.

On August 3, the Chairman of the DPR People’s Council Denis Pushilin gave a welcoming speech to deputies on the occasion of the beginning of the 2018 autumn session of the highest legislative body.

In Kiev, a solemn opening of the monument to the ancient Russian epic hero Ilya Muromets was held. The event was attended by high-ranking officials, including the well-known city mayor Vitaly Klichko.

In June, a new law on housing and communal services entered into force in Ukraine. Since that moment, the responsibility for the unpaid utility debt of Ukrainian citizens has grown significantly. In particular, a penalty was set for each day of delay in the amount of 0.01% of the total debt. In addition, debtors will be deprived of the right to receive subsidies and be disconnected from the supplied services without resorting to court from the…

Some participants of a negotiation process in Minsk from the Ukrainian side intentionally conduct destructive activities. This was stated by the Chairman of the DPR People’s Council, the Permanent Plenipotentiary Representative of the DPR in the Contact Group’s negotiations in Minsk Denis Pushilin in live interview with radio station “Father’s Radio” on August 2.

Petro Poroshenko wrote on his official page in Facebook that he had initiated the establishment of a special body on the formulation of claims against Russia to allegedly recover damage it had caused in Donbass and Crimea. The President of Ukraine refers to an adopted law on “reintegration” of Donbass, in which such a body is contained.