Donetsk People's Republic

Donetsk People's Republic Донецкая Народная Республика (Russian) Donetskaya Narodnaya Respublika Донецька Народна Республіка (Ukrainian) Donets'ka Narodna Respublika
Flag Coat of arms
Anthem:  Vstavay, Donbass! ("Arise, Donbass!") (2014 - 9th May, 2015) Славься республика ("Glory to the Republic") (9th May 2015 - present)
Territory claimed on 12 May 2014 (in light green) and currently occupied (dark green) by the Donetsk People's Republic
Status	Reintegration into Ukraine in exchange for self-governing status within Ukraine by the end of 2015 did not materialize.
Capital and largest city	Donetsk
Official languages	Russian Ukrainian
Government	Republic
• Prime Minister	Alexander Zakharchenko
• Chairman of the People's Soviet	Denis Pushilin
Legislature	People's Council
Independence from Ukraine
• Established	7 April 2014
• Declaration of Independence	12 May 2014
• Signing of Minsk II agreement	11 February 2015
Currency	Russian ruble
Time zone	Moscow Time (UTC+3)
Drives on the	right

The Donetsk People's Republic (DPR or DNR) (Russian: Доне́цкая Наро́дная Респу́блика, tr. Donétskaya Naródnaya Respúblika; IPA: [dɐˈnʲɛtskəjə nɐˈrodnəjə rʲɪˈspublʲɪkə], Ukrainian: Донецька Народна Республіка, Donets'ka Narodna Respublika) is a self-proclaimed state in the Donetsk Oblast of Ukraine. It has been recognized only by the partially recognized Republic of South Ossetia. It receives humanitarian and military backing from Russia. The Ukrainian government has designated it as a terrorist organization and it is at war with Ukraine, alongside the Luhansk People's Republic (LPR). It formed an unrecognized confederation of Novorossiya, referencing the corresponding historical region and its name with the also unrecognized LPR until its 20 May 2015 suspension, and since February 2015 has postured itself as the successor to the historic Donetsk–Krivoy Rog Soviet Republic. Along with the self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic and the Republic of Crimea, the Donetsk People's Republic is one of what the Ukrainian government calls the "temporarily occupied territories".