Residents in areas controlled by the so-called "Donetsk People's Republic" ("DPR") have negatively reacted to order No. 363 by its leader, Alexander Zakharchenko, banning travel to the Ukrainian-controlled territory, according to Ukrainian journalist Denys Kazansky.
The so-called leader of the self-proclaimed "Donetsk People's Republic" ("DPR"), Alexander Zakharchenko, has announced he may introduce "external management" of Vodafone Ukraine in the "DPR"-controlled territory, according to "DPR" news outlets.
A video has been uploaded on social networks showing one of the militant commanders in the so-called “Luhansk People’s Republic” appealing to the self-proclaimed “leader” of the neighboring “Donetsk People’s Republic” (DPR) terrorist organization, Alexander Zakharchenko, to "revive ‘Novorossiya’."
The Kremlin is ready to resort to new tactics to make Ukraine fulfill the political provisions of the Minsk peace agreements on Donbas, according to a Ukrainian expert.
Ukrainian journalists have secretly made their way to the city of Donetsk and showed the life after three years of occupation.
Self-styled leader of the so-called "DPR" Alexander Zakharchenko says that the project he has earlier proposed will not bear the name of "Malorossiya" [Little Russia], according to Radio Svoboda.
The U.S. Department of State says Washington does not intend to “dignify with a response” the statement by Kremlin-supported “DPR” leader Alexander Zakharchenko on creating a new state within the existing Ukrainian borders, “Malorossiya,” that’s according to the Department’s spokesman, Heather Nauert.
The European Union says that plans by the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic ("DPR") to create the so-called "Malorossiya" (literally "Little Russia") instead of Ukraine are against the objective of the Minsk peace agreement on Donbas.
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has responded to reports about plans by leaders of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic ("DPR") to create a new separatist entity, "the state of Malorossiya."
Leader of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic ("DPR") Alexander Zakharchenko has announced the creation of a new separatist entity, "the state of Malorossiya," suggesting the introduction of a state of emergency in Ukraine for three years, according to Russia's news agency Interfax.