Member of the European Parliament from Spanish left-wing Podemos party said that anti-Russia atmosphere in the European Parliament makes criticizing such countries as Ukraine, where a number of regime opponents have died since January, impossible.

Roundup of Novorossia for April 19-20, 2015
1. UN: 1.23 million people left Donbass during the war.
2.Situation in DPR for the weekend.
3. Eduard Basurin: Kiev is trying to get rid of the volunteer battalions.
4. Kiev is ready to restore the banking sector in Donbass.
5. The fourth wave of mobilization in Ukraine came to an end, the fifth one is on the way.

Commenting on the arrival of 300 US paratroopers in Lviv, western Ukraine, former US diplomat and Senate staffer James Jatras told Radio Sputnik that the initiative risks undermining the fragile peace in eastern Ukraine, and does absolutely nothing for US security interests.

The killings of two public figures in the Ukrainian capital Kiev only deepens a mystery surrounding a recent spate of deaths among people linked to the political machine of former President Viktor Yanukovich.

"It would dramatically complicate the process of Ukrainian settlement," Frank-Walter Steimneier told the ARD television channel

The rally against actions of Kiev in attitude to Donbass was held on Saturday, 18th April in Zurich.

A military truck ran over the car of a local resident in Severodonetsk, Ukraine. The soldier driving the military vehicle was intoxicated.

Earlier on Sunday, Yatsenyuk said Ukraine was ready to resume the work of the banking sector in Donetsk and Luhansk in eastern Ukraine

Over the weekend, April 18 and 19, Ukrainian military continued shelling settlements of Donbass, but the intensity of the fighting declined substantially on April 19 due to adverse weather conditions. The most intense positional fighting still goes on at Peski, Shirokino and on Bakhmutka route. Also the outskirts of Donetsk and Gorlovka suffer shelling, without significant destruction and large number of victims.

The Czech journalist openly criticized the attempts to ban members of the Russian riders club 'Night Wolves' or "complicate their lives" during the event.