Head of the Donetsk military-civil administration (appointed by President Poroshenko) Pavel Zhebrovsky said the elections in the region should be organised not earlier than in 2017.

The authorities are afraid to hold local election in Donbas because people do not like the current authorities and will probably assess them accordingly when voting, a deputy from Opposition Bloc says

The Court will have more sessions in the coming days and is expected to announce its decision in late August

Ukraine’s border guard said they stopped at the Berezovoye crossing station in the Donetsk region a KAMAZ truck loaded with ammunition and two military, one of which "said he was a Russian Major"

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 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.