Donbas may face "various kinds of changes" for Russia

The situation will be held back by Moscow until the football tournament finishes, General Romanenko believes. 

A Ukrainian military expert, Candidate of Military Sciences, Doctor of Technical Sciences, professor, former deputy chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Lt. Gen. (Rtd) Ihor Romanenko says the situation in temporarily occupied Donbas will remain stable until mid-summer. The Ukrainian General says the Kremlin is not interested in escalating the conflict in Donbas ahead of the FIFA World Cup 2018 Russia is hosting, according to Apostrophe. "At the same time, the other side constantly claims we are willing to use this period to start a full-scale operation or some other kept restrained  activity," the General said. "That is, the situation will be held back by Moscow until the tournament finishes, while once it's over, there can be various kinds of changes. And this will depend on what will have been worked out on a peacekeeping mission by that time," Gen. Romanenko said.

Russian-backed forces blow up bridge on Khrustalniy–Luhansk route (Photo)

Russian-backed forces have blown up a bridge on the Khrustalniy-Luhansk route near the village of Ivanivka. 

However, there is no official confirmation yet. 

Local residents wrote in social networks the transport bypassed through the village of Sofiyivskiy or the 21st coal mine.

Thus, there is no direct road from Khrustalniy to Luhansk.

Teenager fighting for Russian-led militants in Donbas (Photo)

He has fallen "victim to psychological violence.

A 13-year-old teenager, Maksym Hlusenko, is fighting for Russian-led militants in the occupied territory of Donbas, eastern Ukraine. He has been included in Ukraine's Myrotvorets (Peacekeeper) Center database, which lists individuals who pose a threat to the country's security. It is reported he has fallen "victim to psychological violence." 

"He was turned into a non-adult militant under the influence of Russian propaganda," the website said. It is known his father, Oleksandr Hlusenko, serves as a militant in the 1st assault group of the so-called "Zarya People's Liberation Battalion."