On July 11, the capital of the Republic of Belarus hosted the regular meeting of the Contact Group on the peaceful settlement of the conflict in the Donbass. The agenda included issues of compliance with the ceasefire regime, the implementation of agreements on the disengagement of forces and facilities, the mutual approval of the "Steinmeier's formula", as well as the functioning of the Vodafone mobile operator in the territory of the Republics.

Cynical shelling, which took place on July 7, of the crop fields of the Donetsk People’s Republic located near the line of contact with incendiary shells resulted in the outbreak of fires. Therefore, 120 hectares of wheat were destroyed intentionally. This is another war crime committed by the AFU after the entry into force of a ceasefire regime dedicated to a harvesting season in Donbass. But the worst part is that not a single Ukrainian…

Considering the dynamics of violations of the announced ceasefire regime, the Republics' representatives in the working group on security issues intend to raise again at tomorrow's (July 11, 2018 - ed.) meeting in Minsk the issue of acceptance by the parties to the conflict of the document with an updated list of additional measures to control the ceasefire.

On July 6, a festive event entitled “Republican Day of Field” took place in Amvrosiyevka. The Chairman of the DPR People’s Council Denis Pushilin, People’s Council deputies, the Acting Minister of Agro-Industrial Policy and Food Vladimir Antonov and the Head of the Amvrosiyevka District Administration Vladimir Tarasenko attended the event as guests of honour.

Today, from 00:01, the parties resumed their commitments to comply with a comprehensive, sustainable and indefinite truce.

Due to upcoming harvest season, the Contact Group agreed on a comprehensive and indefinite truce beginning from July 1, 2018, at 00:01 a.m. Kiev time.

On June 15, participants of the working meeting on the development of interparliamentary cooperation between the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics visited the Lenin Komsomol Park of Culture and Recreation and laid flowers at the monument to the perished citizens of the Donetsk People's Republic.

On June 15, following the working meeting of the representatives of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics' parliaments, a Protocol was signed on cooperation between the People's Councils of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics.

On June 15, a joint workshop, in which the representatives of the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics participated, took place in the DPR People’s Council. The event took place within the framework of a programme for the development of inter-parliamentarian cooperation of the DPR and LPR.

On May 15, members of the official delegation of the Lugansk People’s Republic visited the Park of Forged Figures in Donetsk as a part of working visit to the Donetsk People’s Council.