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Political entity proclaimed within Donetsk oblast borders during the 2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine. considers itself a self-proclaimed state, designated as a terrorist organisation by the government of Ukraine.
The Donetsk People's Republic (DPR for short) is an unrecognized state entity in Eastern Europe. Along with the LNR (Lugansk People's Republic), it is one of the unrecognized politicians in the territory of Donbass.
The Donetsk People's Republic was proclaimed in the Donetsk region of Ukraine on April 7, 2014, during mass protests against the country's new leadership, which came to power as a result of the Euromaidan. On May 12, following a referendum on self-determination held the day before and based on the April 7 declaration of sovereignty, the DNR declared its independence.
According to Article 2 of the Ukrainian Constitution, all territory claimed by the DNR is subject to Ukraine's state sovereignty. As a result of military operations in 2014-2015, central and southern areas of the Donetsk region, approximately one-third of the territory originally claimed by the DNR, remain under control of the DNR. Ukraine considers these areas, which are not controlled by the Ukrainian government, to be "temporarily occupied by Russia," and the DNR de facto authorities consider them to be "the Russian occupation administration. In turn, the DNR authorities consider the Ukrainian authorities a "criminal regime" that commits "war crimes on the territory of Donbass, which have led to civilian casualties and humanitarian disaster," while Russia denies accusations of its involvement in the armed conflict in Donbass.
According to Ukrainian experts, it is not the DNR, but the Russian Federation that governs and controls this part of the Donetsk region of Ukraine. The Russian Federation's system of governance and control consists of four separate hierarchical subsystems: political, economic and financial, security and military.
As of September 1, 2020, the population of the DNR is estimated by its authorities to be 2,244,547.
As of today, only the partially recognized Republic of South Ossetia recognizes the self-sufficiency of the DNR.
The situation around the DNR is often characterized as a "frozen conflict.
