Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said that Ukraine will sign an agreement to withdraw weapons less than 100-mm in caliber from the line of contact in Donbass by August.

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*. Ceasefire violations in and around Donetsk city and at the Donetsk airport decreased on 26 July compared to 25 July. The security situation in Mariupol remained calm. Ceasefire violations increased in Luhansk region compared to previous days. An SMM patrol was caught in fire in Shchastia (20km north of Luhansk) but came out unharmed.

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko the first humanitarian and logistic centers could be opened at entry and exit checkpoints in Donbass region on August 24.

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Roundup of the day for July 26-27, 2015
1. The situation over the last day in the DPR and the LPR.
2. Kharkov zonal department of law and order military service will receive the batch of ICVs Saxon and Hammer.
3. "Aidar" battalion to leave the city Schastye.
4. Ukraine to ban French deputies from entering.

A foreign national may head the National Police of Ukraine in the country’s efforts to combat law enforcement corruption, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko suggested Saturday.

A representative of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) visited the self-proclaimed Lugansk People’s Republic (LPR) in southeast Ukraine to assess the humanitarian situation on the ground, local media reported Saturday.

The State Border Service of Ukraine claimed that they have detained a KAMAZ truck with a Russian serviceman and ammunition at a checkpoint in the Donetsk region.

Ukrainian government forces on Saturday shelled northern and northwestern suburbs of Horlivka, a contested city on the outskirts of the capital of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), a DPR officer said.

An Orthodox priest in Kiev is in a critical condition after being shot twice in the head Saturday night, Ukrainian and Russian media report.

We examine why the claims that a confrontation between Russia and Northern European states is apparently inevitable are a road to increased tensions, and the ideologies behind them.