Contents tagged with Zakharchenko
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Former separatist leader proposed uniting the two breakaway republics and making Zacharchenko a 'president'
The First head of the self-proclaimed Luhansk People’s Republic, Valery Bolotov, considers it necessary to return the whole territory of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions to the DPR and LPR jurisdiction in order for both republics to unite.
"It is my opinion that the first thing to do, is to return the territory of the former Luhansk and Donetsk regions to the LPR and DPR. I also believe that it is necessary to unite the two Republics,” he wrote on his page on Vkontakte.
As for the head of the …
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Separatists stated that two thousand Russians are kept in Donetsk detention facility
A Russian writer, who supports the activity of the Luhansk and Donetsk People’s Republics, Natalya Makeeva, stated that about 2,000 Russians are being held in a Donetsk detention facility. It is reported that they came to the Donbas in 2014 to join the illegally armed groups. According to Makeeva, she deals with issues related to prisoners of war in separatist-controlled areas and the territory controlled by Ukrainian Government.
Natalya Makeeva claims that the detained Russians came to the …
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The DPR and LPR decided to hand over two prisoners to Savchenko
The leaders of the Donetsk People’s Republic and the Luhansk People’s Republic, Alexander Zakharchenko and Igor Plotnitsky, decided to hand over two captive Ukrainians to the People’s Deputy of Ukraine, Nadiya Savchenko, according to a statement published on one of the separatists' websites.
“On New Year’s and Christmas Eve, we handed over two women, Angelica Presnyakova and Olga Svorak, to the representative of the Ukrainian people, Nadiya Savchenko, without any conditions as a gesture of …
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Savchenko spoke of her meeting with Zakharchenko and Plotnitsky
The Deputy of Verkhovna Rada, Nadiya Savchenko, said that she met with the leadership of the self-proclaimed Luhansk and Donetsk People's Republic (LPR and DPR), Igor Plotnitsky and Alexander Zakharchenko, and "the Russian side" was also present. On Monday, December 12, she said this in her speech at the Sofia Square in Kyiv, 112 Ukraine TV channel reports.
"Yes, there was a meeting in trilateral Minsk format where 'the Russian side', Zakharchenko and Plotnitsky were present. The meeting aimed …
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Zakharchenko: Motorola's assassination was organized by Security Service of Ukraine
The leader of pro-Russian separatists in the Donbas, Alexander Zakharchenko, stated on Thursday that the murder of Arsen “Motorola” Pavlov was organized by the Deputy Head of the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) and the head of the SSU in the Donetsk region as reported by RIA Novosti.
"I’m ready to provide the names of those involved to the crime. Malikov (the SSU Deputy Head and head of the antiterrorist center at the SSU), Oleksandr Kuts, head of the Main Department of the Security Service …
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Zakharchenko ordered that one of the largest factories in the Donbas be dismantled
The leader of the so-called Donetsk People's Republic, Alexander Zakharchenko, ordered that his subjects dismantle one of the largest enterprises in the Donetsk region—Horlivka chemical concern Stirol—in the near future.
Ukrinform reported that according to an unnamed source, plans have been made to organize and carry out the export of 90% of the enterprise’s equipment and service utilities for scrap metal to Russia.
In order to avoid protests among the local population, the process of …
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Kyiv raises question of abolishing 'quasi-state structures' in the Donbas
During a Trilateral Contact Group meeting in Minsk, the aim of which was to find a peaceful settlement of the situation in Donbas, Ukraine raised the question about the possibility of abolition of the “quasi-state structures” of certain areas of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions (ORDLO). This was said by Daria Olifer, who is the press secretary of the Group’s Ukrainian representative, Leonid Kuchma.
“It is impossible to hold elections on a territory that is not controlled by the Ukrainian …
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Zakharchenko accuses Ukraine's Security Service of assassinating Motorola
The head of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic (DPR), Alexander Zakharchenko, said that it was the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) that organized the assassination of Arseny Pavlov—call sign “Motorola”—one of the separatist military leaders, vesti.ru reports.
"Today I can state the following: this operation was worked out by the Ukrainian Security Service. I would even say that this is terrorism on a national scale,” Zakharchenko emphasized. According to him, an investigation of …
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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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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 …