Earlier on Sunday, DPR Defence Minister Vladimir Kononov he hope the Ukrainian command of the force operation in Donbass would follow DPR’s lead and withdraw its troops from Shirokino

Ukrainian security forces used chemical bombs during the shelling of the village of Semenovka in Donbass.

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 situation at and around the Donetsk airport remained volatile. The situation in Shyrokyne remained calm. Military hardware was spotted in and around Komsomolske. 

Timely information from the fronts of DPR and LPR, military reports from the Armed Forces of Novorossia, ATO news, photos and videos by military journalists from the flash points of Donbass, topical interviews with leaders of Novorossia.

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Collecting help for Novorossia. Charitable Foundation "Global Initiatives"

On July 1 the DPR announced unilateral demilitarisation of Shirokino. As of Saturday, all the DPR self-defence forces left the village, which was confirmed at the OSCE

The BBC has called its use of the term "civil war" appropriate in relation to the events in eastern Ukraine's Donbass region; this came in response to a related complaint by Ukrainian journalist Olexander Severyn.

Timely information from the fronts of DPR and LPR, military reports from the Armed Forces of Novorossia, ATO news, photos and videos by military journalists from the flash points of Donbass, topical interviews with leaders of Novorossia.

Watch videos of events in Novorossia on Cassad-TV

Collecting help for Novorossia. Charitable Foundation "Global Initiatives"

Michael Georg Link, Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights claims that OSCE observers will monitor the upcoming elections in Ukraine’s southeast only if they receive an official invitation from Kiev.

Roundup of the week from June 29 to July 4, 2015
1. The situation over the last day in the DPR and the LPR.
2. DPR announced Shirokino a demilitarized zone.
3. OSCE observers will not go to the elections in Donbass without the consent of Kiev.
4. "Gazprom" confirms the suspension of gas supplies to Ukraine.

"We have information about the presence of engineering troops on the opposite bank of the Seversky Donets River", LPR's militia representative said