The SMM monitored the implementation of the “Package of measures for the implementation of the Minsk agreements”. Its monitoring was restricted by third parties and security considerations*. The SMM observed ongoing ceasefire violations at and around Donetsk airport. In line with current security considerations, the SMM did not conduct monitoring activities in the area of Shyrokyne. An SMM UAV spotted a large concentration of weapons in the vicinity of “DPR”-controlled Komsomolske. The SMM observed the Equality March in Kyiv on 6 June.

US President Barack Obama said the conflict in Ukraine can be solved peacefully only if country’s territorial integrity and sovereignty is ensured.

Roundup of Novorossia for June 07-08, 2015
1. The situation over the last day in the DPR and the LPR.
2. Kiev announced data on security forces casualties during operation in Donbass.
3. 35 heads of the military enlistment offices in Ukraine were arrested for bribery.
4. The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine: 46 Firtash’s houses arrested.

Protesters have gathered on Kiev’s landmark Maidan Nezalezhnosti square and set up tents, demanding President Petro Poroshenko and his cabinet to report on the implemented reforms promised by his government a year ago.

A border patrol vessel belonging to the Ukrainian Security Service has blown up in the Sea of Azov off the coast of Mariupol; the country's Border Security Service has reported two injuries and heavy damage to the vessel.

Former Polish army commander and ex-Deputy Defense Minister Waldemar Skrzypczak says that Poland and the Baltic states prepare for 'hybrid war' with Russia, while adding that NATO's combined military power comfortably exceeds the forces at Russia's disposal.

Tablets with the names of streets in Ukrainian had been replaced with those in Russian in the DPR on the Day of the Russian Language on June, 6

White House says that the United States is not intending to supply offensive weapons to Kiev, as it would not contribute to solution of the crisis in the country.

There is an enormous gap between the Kiev authorities and ordinary Ukrainian people, as if they live in different countries, Luca Ribustini, Italian journalist for Italian daily newspaper Fatto Quotidiano told Sputnik after visiting Kiev and Donbass.

Professional activities of editors, journalists and bloggers became deadly in Ukraine.