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Separatist leader threatens to attack Kiev
The leader of the so-called Donetsk People's Republic, Alexander Zakharchenko, threatened to attack Kiev, as reported by the separatist Donetsk News Agency website.
Zakharchenko asserts that at the forefront of the Donbas, Ukraine has divisions that allow it to "start the offensive." He was not able to give the approximate dates when Ukraine "will start the offensive," but stated that the separatists "are ready for this and have been waiting for it for several months already."
"The military …
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Donetsk People's Republic to open representative office in Czech Republic
The self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) reported on the opening of its first representative office in the Czech Republic. According to the DPR Ministry of Foreign Affairs press service, the official opening ceremony for the DPR-representative center in the Czech Republic will take place on September 1.
Earlier, the DPR Ministry of Foreign Affairs signed a Protocol of Intentions to cooperate with public organizations in the Czech Republic and announced the opening of a DPR- …
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Separatist republics inform Kiev about the whereabouts of 45 prisoners
Representatives of the separatist republics let Kiev know the whereabouts of 45 Ukrainian prisoners. The date of their release is unknown at the moment.
On Wednesday, August 3 on TV channel 112.Ukraine, Yuriy Tandit, the advisor to the head of the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU), stated that representatives from the so-called LPR and DPR, which control certain regions of the Donbas, disclosed the whereabouts of 45 Ukrainian prisoners to representatives from Kiev at the meeting of the …
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Leader of the so-called Donetsk People's Republic bans Pokemon Go
The leader of the so-called Donetsk People's Republic, Alexander Zakharchenko, signed a decree banning the installation of the popular game.
Information regarding the prohibition of the game has appeared on the DPR1 separatist website.
"CIA agents did not miss the new opportunity to hook the world on a mindless game again. A number of public and religious organizations in DPR urged the management of the republic to protect the citizens from this devilry which deprives a person of reason and …
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Zakharchenko is ready to meet with Savchenko
One of the separatist leaders in the Donbas, Alexander Zakharchenko, declared that he is ready to meet with the Batkivshchyna party deputy in the Verkhovna Rada, Nadiya Savchenko. This was reported in the separatists’ official statement on Monday, July 25, 2016.
“A meeting is possible. However, first I need to understand what we would discuss. This neutral meeting [could be a PR strategy by] Savchenko. I'm willing to hear suggestions for the agenda. If Savchenko offers to discuss specific and …
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So-called Donetsk People's Republic seizes plant owned by Russian company
According to a statement on its website, the Russian mining and metals company Mechel has received an order from the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) introducing temporary administrative control over the Donetsk Electrometallurgical Plant (DEMZ) property, located in the occupied territory.
The order is dated June 25 and is signed by the DPR leader Alexander Zakharchenko. It says that a new company, Yuzivka Metallurgical Plant, should be established on the premises of the …
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Separatist fighter: Without the help of Russia, DPR would not last a week against Ukrainian forces
Alexander Zhuchkovsky, a known Russian fighter and volunteer who supports separatists in the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic, acknowledged that without the help of Russia, the self-proclaimed republics in eastern Ukraine would not last a week against Ukrainian forces. He also said that in the Donbas, the war against the Armed Forces of Ukraine is in fact being fought by the Russian Federation. He wrote this on his page on the VKontakte social network.
“Some comrades resent and protest when …
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Ukrainian Armed Forces: Ukrainian soldier was taken prisoner by separatists
The Spokesperson of the Presidential Administration on issues in the conflict zone, Colonel Andriy Lysenko, stated at a daily briefing that a Ukrainian serviceman was taken prisoner by members of the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic in Marinka.
“Yesterday, a group of Ukrainian servicemen went for a patrol at the request of local residents in order to detect explosive devices on the road that civilians would often use. Our group was ambushed during the patrol. As a result of these events, …
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The National Police of Ukraine suspects the authorities of Toretsk of being sympathetic to separatists
The authorities of Toretsk (formerly known as Dzerzhinsk) are "preparing the area for the separatists” of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic (DPR). The head of the National Police of the Donetsk Oblast, Vyacheslav Abroskin, made this statement on his Facebook page.
"The local authorities of Toretsk are not acting fairly. They are attracting public veteran’s organizations and are encouraging them to demand the withdrawal of the Ukrainian troops from the city. The city managers are …
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Separatist leader's bodyguard surrenders to Ukrainian Border Service
The Russian citizen, who had worked as a guard for the leader of the so-called DPR (Donetsk People’s Republic), surrendered to the employees of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine on the night of July 12, the National Police Department press service in the Donetsk region reported.
The 29-year-old Russian, registered in South Ossetia, was a member of the armed group Vostok from August 2014 to May 2016. He was on service in Yasynuvata and was on duty at the checkpoint in the Luhansk region. …