Ten militiamen were exchanged for an equal number of Ukrainian troops in eastern Ukraine, according to the statement of Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU).

Roundup of the week from July 5 to 11, 2015
1. The situation over the last day in the DPR and the LPR.
2. Igor Plotnitsky appointed a date for local elections in LPR.
3. The LPR held an exchange of prisoners.
4. The conflict in Donbass took lives of more than 70 children for a year.

Ukrainian Economic Development Minister Aivaras Abromavicius clarified exactly how many state companies would be offered up for sale to US and European investors at the upcoming Ukrainian-American investment conference in Washington D.C on Monday, stating that 345 state-run firms would be put on offer to the highest bidder.

Ukraine increased deliveries of natural gas from Slovakia on Friday after failing to strike a deal with Russia's Gazprom for what would have reportedly been a significantly cheaper deal.

The interlocutors have shared the same opinion that efforts should be stepped up so as to reach a lasting ceasefire and to pull back heavy weapons, the press service said

Ukraine should have the right to receive at least a thousand US-made anti-tank Javelin missiles in return for nuclear warheads, the country's newly-appointed Ambassador to the United States Valeriy Chaly said.

The United States wants to present the Balkans as a showcase for democracy and free markets to countries in Eastern Europe like Ukraine as well as the Middle East, US Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Victoria Nuland said.

"This summit marks the transformation of the BRICS club into a nascent non-Western concert of major powers that focuses on their priorities, not those of Washington or Brussels," an expert says

On Wednesday, the OSCE Parliament Assembly passed a resolution initiated by Canada and Ukraine that condemned Russia's alleged involvement in the Ukrainian conflict.