Thursday results in the occupied territories of Donbass. The highlights

Media: "The DNR authorities approved the budget for the 1st quarter of 2018".

"Chief enlistment officer of the LNR" Igor Marshuba: "Currently, in order to prepare reserved citizens for military skills, planned training sessions with reserved citizens, intended for the reserve component of the People's Militia are held in stages in the units of the People's Militia in January-February 2018. The citizens will receive cash allowances as for servicemen in the units of the people's militia in addition to their wages on the job for the entire period of training".

"The LNR Ministry of State Security": "The Ministry of State Security expelled an agent of the SBU from the LNR, taken to the territory of Republic under the legend of prisoner of war".

Media: "The DNR's first ever international festival of young people of Donbass was opened in Donetsk. The festival is held in Shakhtar Plaza hotel resort".

Media: "The DNR's first ever system for services payment via the Internet Sprut started working in the Republic. This was reported in press service of the Central Republican Bank".

"Acting Head of Makiivka Administration" Valeriy Liakhovets: "To improve the living standards of the population for 2018, urban beautification measures have been taken. In particular, it is planned to create a city site in order to regulate the number of neglected animals".

"The DNR Ministry of Emergency Situations": "Russian humanitarian convoy arrived in the DNR consisting of 20 vehicles of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Russian Federation with a humanitarian cargo weighing almost 286 tons. It included 10 054 packages for children up to a year and 26 283 - for children from one to three years".

"The LNR Ministry of Emergency Situations": "15 vehicles of Russian rescuers delivered to the LNR more than 144.8 tons of humanitarian cargo, including 42.55 tons (5682 units) of food packages for children aged from birth to one year and 102.31 tons (12 742 units) of food packages for children from one to three years".

"The DNR MIA": "Employees of the Leninsky district police department of Donetsk detained young people who committed the theft of equipment in one of the operating department of Donetsk Metallurgical Plant, causing material damage amounting to more than $450. As explained by the defendants, they secretly entered the plant, stole details of equipment for further sale in order to improve their material well-being. The suspects face up to 5 years in prison".

"The DNR MIA": "In the Mykytivskyi district of Horlivka, the DNR policemen discovered and seized F1 grenade with fuse and 120 rounds of 5.45 mm caliber in the homeownership of a 30-year-old city dweller".

"The LNR Pension Fund": "More than 300 residents of the republic, who did not have time to get the pensionable service needed, purchased it by signing an agreement with the Pension Fund in 2017".

"The LNR MIA": "In Brianka, officers of the LNR police detained previously convicted citizens of 1988 and 1989 year of birth on suspicion of murdering an elderly woman. The malefactors dealt a fatal blow to the head of elderly woman, born in 1938, as a result of which the victim received an open blunt head injury with bones fracture of the base of cranial vault and facial skeleton. The malefactors gave confessions of guilt".

"The LNR MIA": "Employees of the Krasnolutsky LNR police city department found small illegal coalmine in the wood line, at a distance of 500 m from Krasnyi Luch - Miusynsk road. A citizen of 1975 year of birth is suspected in the illegal extraction of commercial minerals. T-40 tractor, compressor plant, receiver and 29 tons of rock mass were withdrawn from the scene. The circumstances of the case are being clarified".