Contents tagged with DPR

  • Ukraine stopped the supply of electricity to the separatist-held areas of the Donbas

    On July 26, the supply of electricity to the territory of the Donetsk region that is not controlled by the Ukrainian authorities was completely suspended, as reported by the head of Ukrenergo, Vsevolod Kovalchuk on his Facebook page.

    "Today, the uncontrolled territories no longer consume electricity produced by power plants in the controlled part of Ukraine. The needs of the occupied territories in energy are covered by the Starobeshevska and Zuivska TPPs, by other producers at the …

  • Media: the plan of the separatist republics to create a new state of Malorossia was not coordinated with the Kremlin

    The idea of Alexander Zakharchenko, the head of the DPR (Donetsk Peoplle’s Republic) to create a federal state Malorossiya had been the initiative of his environment. It was completely unexpected by the Kremlin, RBC news agency reports with reference to two sources close to the presidential administration.

    For Vladislav Surkov, the assistant of the Russian President, who is responsible for Ukraine, Zakharchenko’s initiative came as a surprise, the sources of the agency state. “The initiative …

  • Separatist Republics in the east of Ukraine believe they will soon become part of Russia

    According to Commander of the separatist Legion battalion and “Member of Parliament” of DPR Sergey Zavdoveev, the self-proclaimed DPR (Donetsk People’s Republic) and the LPR (Luhansk People’s Republic) will be incorporated into Russia in the near future, separatist media reports.

    In his opinion, only Russia is preventing Kyiv from realizing the "Croatian scenario" in the Donbas.

    "I think that no one is taking on Russia. The LPR and DPR – this is Russia. We are now legally being integrated …

  • Top Cossack commander from DPR detained in Ukraine

    At the checkpoint near Volnovakha, Ukrainian policemen of the Donetsk region detained the so-called Major General of the separatists, who led the Cossack regiment of the self-proclaimed DPR (Donetsk People’s Republic), reported the press service of the main directorate of the National Police of Ukraine in the Donetsk region.

    The detainee was a 66-year-old man carrying a certificate of the chieftain of the DPR and a permit for carrying Cossack weapons, namely sabers, daggers and whips.

    "It was …

  • Media reports indicate that there are more than 1,200 people in the DPR’s Marine Corps

    More than 1,200 people serve in the 9th Separate Motorized Rifle Regiment of the Marine Corps of the DPR (Donetsk People’s Republic), as reported by Kommersant newspaper, quoting a source close to the military command of the DPR.

    It was noted that the regiment is armed with T-72 tanks, BMP-2 armored vehicles and BTR-80 armored personnel carriers. According to Ukrainian forces, at the beginning of 2016, this regiment of the DPR Armed Forces was reinforced with Russian servicemen from the 810th …

  • Media: Separatist republics in eastern Ukraine halt coal mine operations

    Since July 2017 the work of coal enterprises in the DPR (Donetsk People's Republic) have been partially suspended, switching to a two-day work week, according to the Russian news agency, REGNUM, citing a source in the so-called ministry of coal and energy of the separatists, as well as an employee of the directorate of the state enterprise Torezantratsit.

    As of July 1, 2017, all the enterprises of Torezantratsit, including the enterprises of Shakhterskantratsit and Snezhnoyeantratsit will …

  • Military commander from DPR detained in Crimea on suspicion of killing a Ukrainian activist in Donetsk

    Vadim Pogodin, the commander of the battalion of pro-Russian separatists, Kerch, was detained in the annexed Crimea.

    Ostrov web site reported, citing the information in social networks, that Pogodin had been detained in Yalta on June 20th and then sent to the Simferopol pre-trial detention center.

    The pre-trial statement issued by of the Yalta City Court, indicates that Kramatorsk police are looking for Pogodin on suspicion of murder (Article 151 of the Criminal Code) and kidnapping (Article 1 …

  • Prosecutor General's Office of Ukraine: Witnesses report execution of 134 people by separatists and Russian military in Donbas

    In response to RBC-Ukraine’s inquiry, the Prosecutor’s General Office of Ukraine (GPU) confirmed that witnesses in the criminal case on the widespread and systematic violation of the laws and conventions of warfare by members of the DPR (Donetsk People’s Republic) and LPR (Luhansk People’s Republic)   reported large-scale executions carried out by militants and Russian soldiers in the Donbas.

    The response specifies that in the pretrial investigations more than 900 people have been questioned …

  • Ukrainian Ministry of Defense reports 1700 deaths of those fighting for the separatists in the Donbas

    The Main Intelligence Directorate (HUR) of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine has collected information about the separatist casualties in the Donbas. According to the SBU (Security Service of Ukraine) and the Main Intelligence Directorate (HUR) of the Ministry of Defense, 35,000-40,000 armed separatists of the self-proclaimed "republics" and 4,000-5,000 of the Russian military are members of the DPR (Dontesk People’s Republic) and LPR (Luhansk People’s Republic) army corps.

    "We collect data …

  • Prosecutor General’s Office of Ukraine accuses state railway company Ukrzaliznytsia of having business ties with separatist republics

    The Main Military Prosecutor General’s Office, in the context of the case on financing terrorism, conducted 28 simultaneous searches of the accommodation and premises of companies, including Ukrzaliznytsia (Ukrainian Railways).

    “It has been established that a number of commercial enterprises and officials of the public company Ukrzaliznytsia organized the shipment of the products of enterprises located in the LPR (Luhansk People’s Republic) and DPR (Donetsk People’s Republic), for the needs of …