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The Ukrainian government is doing everything in its power to restore civilian life on those territories abandoned by the terrorists. On July 8, President Petro Poroshenko had a working visit to the City of Sloviansk. The Head of State received reports on the progress of his orders regarding the restoration of municipal infrastructure and services, spoke with the local population, and rewarded servicemen who had distinguished themselves during the ATO.

Terrorists of the so-called Luhansk people's republic are spreading an appeal to the UN in which they use fake information to accuse the Ukrainian state of using its army against peaceful locals, warns Natalia Pshenyanik, Advisor to the Head of Luhansk administration and activist.

The active phase of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) continues in Donetsk and Luhansk Oblasts. The NSC News & Analysis Center Spokesman Andriy Lysenko reported at the Center's daily briefing in Kyiv on July 7, 2014, that a series of population centers were taken back from the terrorists last week in cooperative action among units from the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the SBU, the Interior Ministry, the National Guard, and the State Border Service.

In compliance with a decree of the President of Ukraine to renew the active phase of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO), the personnel and units of the ATO forces began to actively disarm and destroy terrorist group in the operational zone. Ukraine's Armed Forces engaged in heavy air and artillery bombardment on strongholds, checkpoints, arms caches and clusters of terrorists, NSC Secretary Andriy Parubiy reported today at the 12:00 briefing.

The Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) continues in the east of the country. Effective efforts on the part of Ukraine military have led to a lower rate of assaults from the terrorist side. At the same time, more and more militants are raising the white flag to get closer to checkpoints and open fire against the soldiers manning those posts.

Ukrainian military have liberated three settlements: Zakotne, Stariy Karavan and Druzivka in Luhansk oblast. During the last 24 hours, ATO forces directed targeted attacks against 120 previously scouted terrorist locations, destroying a large number of militants and military equipment. A terrorist camp was destroyed with loss of life in the hundreds according to eye-witness reports.

During the day on July 2, Ukrainian armed forces continued to carry out their battle objectives under the operation to block and destroy terrorists. Andriy Lysenko, spokesperson for the NSC News & Analysis Center, reported the details at the daily NSC briefing.

Dmitriy Tymchuk reports that over the past few hoursa series of Attacks on Ukrainian ATO Forces were fulfilled by terrorists in the conflict zone in eastern Ukraine.

The atmosphere is Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts remains tense, reports Andriy Lysenko, the spokesman of the NSC News & Analysis Center at the daily briefing

Sensational news regarding the appointment of Volodymyr Prystiuk as head of the Luhansk Oblast State Administration not only shocked the people of Luhansk but first and foremost the soldiers located on the front line.