The Security Service of Ukraine [SBU] reported that the District Court of Lysychansk in Luhansk region sentenced a Deputy of the so-called Luhansk People's Republic (LPR) to eight years’ imprisonment after he was detained after crossing the demarcation line in the Donbas of contact in May.

“Law enforcement officers established that the resident of Khrustalnyi (previously named Krasnyi Luch) joined the ranks of illegal armed groups in 2014. The criminal actively supported the Russian armed …

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev ordered the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (Minprirody) to form a working group responsible for ensuring water supply for the Crimea, according to a statement published on the website of the Cabinet of Ministers of Russia. 

"To form and approve an interdepartmental working group responsible for the water supply of the Crimean peninsula and other regions affected by water shortages… Within the framework of this working group, to develop and …

The President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko stated on Facebook that next year’s multinational Sea Breeze exercises  would be conducted in more regions and will have more troops taking part in them. "We plan to increase the number of the military taking part in the exercises, especially from the naval forces, and to expand the territories for the Sea Breeze 2019 exercises next year,” he said.

In 2018, Sea Breeze exercises were conducted from July 9 to July 21 in the Odessa and Mykolaiv regions …