The Minsk agreements are more advantageous for the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics than for Ukraine. 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 in the “Parliamentary Bulletin” programme on the First Republican TV channel.

Summarizing the work of the DPR parliament, the Chairman of the People's Council Denis Pushilin in the programme "Theme" on the Union TV channel noted the fundamental differences in the work of the legislative branch of the government from the activities of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine.

At the moment, the exchange by the formula "all for all" is impossible, because literally the next day after the adoption of the agreements, new detainees appear on both sides, the Chairman of the People's Council, the Permanent Plenipotentiary representative of the DPR at the talks of the Contact Group in Minsk Denis Pushilin said in the "Informally" programme on the "Oplot TV" TV channel.

On December 23, the grand opening of the Republican Badminton Tournament "Sporty Donbass" took place on the basis of the complex children's and youth sports school No. 5 in Donetsk.

The Permanent Plenipotentiary Representative of the Donetsk People's Republic at the talks of the Contact Group in Minsk Denis Pushilin in the programme "60 minutes" on the channel "Russia 1" called the work of the Ukrainian representatives in the JCCC in the absence of Russian servicemen ineffective.

The decision to terminate the activities of the Russian military in the Joint Control and Coordination Centre (JCCC) is caused by unacceptable working conditions created by the Ukrainian party, the Chairman of the People's Council, the Permanent Representative of the DPR to the Contact group in Minsk, Denis Pushilin, stated in Vesti programme on the TV channel Russia-24.

It is important for the representatives of the legislative and executive branches of power to jointly determine the main aspects of the formation of social policy for the next year, that is why government hours take place in the parliament of the Republic, Denis Pushilin, the Chairman of the People's Council, told in an interview to the correspondent of the official website of the DPR.

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 described the status of negotiation process in Minsk to the correspondent of “Union” TV channel.

The principle of exchange of "all for all" is supported at all levels and by the "Normandy format", as well as by the President of Ukraine, Denis Pushilin, the Permanent Plenipotentiary in the negotiations of the Contact Group in Minsk, the Chairman of the People's Council of the DPR, stated in the Vesti programme's studio on air of the Russian channel "Russia 24".

Chairman of the DPR People's Council, Permanent Representative of the DPR to the talks of the Contact Group in Minsk Denis Pushilin commented on the reaction of the Ukrainian media to the words of the LPR Foreign Minister Vladislav Deynego about the possible return of the Donbass to Ukraine.