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The DPR was annexed by Russia on 30 September 2022; the DPR authorities willingly acceded to Russia, and the annexation is widely internationally unrecognized. From April 2014 to September 2022, the DPR portrayed itself as an independent state, and it was widely regarded as a puppet state of Russia by the international community. [1] [2]
The Donetsk People's Republic (DPR; Russian: Донецкая Народная Республика (ДНР), romanized: Donetskaya Narodnaya Respublika (DNR), IPA: [dɐˈnʲetskəjə nɐˈrodnəjə rʲɪˈspublʲɪkə]) is a republic of Russia, comprising the occupied parts of eastern Ukraine's Donetsk Oblast, [7] [8] with its capital in Donetsk.
From April 2014 until September 2022, the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) and the Luhansk People's Republic (LPR) claimed to be independent states. Their sovereignty was recognized by South Ossetian authorities in 2014, Russia and Abkhazian authorities in February 2022, [1] [2] Ba'athist Syria in June 2022 [3] [4] and North Korea in July 2022.
The DPR is closely linked to the Luhansk People's Republic (LPR), which has a nearly identical political status and history of formation. The DPR has foreign relations with Russia, [1] [2] North Korea, [3] and Syria, [4] [5] as of July 2022. The DPR also maintains relations with South Ossetia and Abkhazia, two breakaway states that are claimed ...
On 18 April 2016 the planned (organised by the DPR and LPR) local elections were postponed from 20 April to 24 July 2016. [74] On 22 July 2016 these DPR and LPR elections were again postponed to 6 November 2016. [75] On 2 October 2016 the DPR and LPR held "primaries" in which voters nominated candidates for the 6 November 2016 elections. [76]
DPR troops in Donetsk during a rehearsal for the 2015 Victory Day parade Oplot Brigade troops with their flag during a rehearsal for the 2015 Victory Day parade. The militias consist of different armed groups, sworn to the Donetsk People's Republic and Luhansk People's Republic. Militant groups which refused to do so were disarmed as gangs in ...
Denis Vladimirovich Pushilin [b] (born 9 May 1981 [1]) is a Russian politician who has served as the Head of the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) since 2018. [citation needed] He has held the position in an acting capacity ever since the Russian annexation of the DPR in 2022.
As of June 2022, DPR officials reported more than 2,200 killed and over 8,000 wounded. [21] Der Spiegel reported that forcibly recruited men from Donbas were used as cannon fodder. According to DPR officials, more than 3,000 were killed and over 13,000 wounded, "a casualty rate of 80 percent of the initial fighting force."