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Donetsk People's Republic

Disputed Russian republic in eastern Ukraine


Donetsk People's Republic
Donetsk People's Republic

The Donetsk People's Republic is an internationally unrecognised republic of Russia in the occupied region of eastern Ukraine's Donetsk Oblast, with its capital in Donetsk. The DPR was created by Russian-backed paramilitaries in 2014, and it initially operated as a breakaway state until it was annexed by Russia in 2022.

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