The SMM continued to observe ceasefire violations in and around Donetsk airport, albeit of reduced intensity. Throughout the SMM’s presence at two observation points near the village of Shyrokyne the situation was relatively calm.

To involve an instigator of turmoil in the settlement process is like placing a bear in command of a bee-garden," Vladislav Deinego told

Roundup of Novorossia for May 18-19, 2015
1. The situation in the DPR and LPR over the past day.
2. SBU spy detained in Crimea.
3. Semenchenko: Power must be changed.
4. Kiev signed an agreement on US guarantees for $ 1 billion.
5. Moskal calls upon the residents of Lugansk to rebel against LPR.

On May 18 Ukrainian security forces resumed massive artillery bombardment of Donetsk which killed one civilian. The shelling of Donetsk was also conducted with 152 mm caliber artillery which should have been withdrawn from the demarcation line. Meanwhile, observers of the OSCE mission lost seven 152-mm howitzers and one MLRS "Grad" in one of the storage places of Ukrainian art.

Washington has established direct contact with Moscow and Kiev to help resolve the Ukrainian crisis, US Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Victoria Nuland said Monday.

Mobilized soldiers demand uniform and footwear

In order to secure the manufacturing process, companies made lists of employees that they want to keep

Illegal weapons are brought by troops from the military operation zone in the country’s east

Russia will not introduce duties for Ukrainian goods, if Moscow receives answers to all concerns related to Ukraine-EU association agreement, Economic Development Minister Alexey Ulyukaev said Monday.

Tycoon Rinat Akhmetov is suspected of committing deliberate actions aimed at changing Ukraine’s state borders or publicly calling for or distributing materials calling for such actions