organic poisons, radionuclides, bacteria and viruses.
The system can take water from any source.
All treatment processes are fully automatic.
The authorities are making efforts to provide residents
of frontline areas with water. Kulemzin said that at
least 100 tons of drinking and service water are
supplied daily to Donetsk’s Kievsky, Kirovsky,
Kuibyshevsky and Petrovsky districts,
Yelenovka, Staromikhailovka,
Alexandrovka and other
settlements that
regularly come
under fire.
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Water problems in the DPR will be
resolved only after the capture of Slavyansk – Eduard Basurin
May 25th, 3:33pm https://en.news-front.info/
Water problems in the DPR will be resolved only
after the capture of Slavyansk, said Eduard
Basurin, deputy head of the DPR UNM.
''We need the conduit that runs from Slavyansk
towards Gorlovka, where there are three
pumping stations that create pressure
and pump water.''
''Until we take Slovyansk and this entire canal, we
will have a very big problem with water”, he said
on Channel One.
Of course the song below can inspire if you think you are brave, and know something of suffering... but keep your heart and soul intact... because you are the son or daughter of a miner; yet the film above will inspire you and touch you and help you understand so much more.
The Miners' NextStep
In 1912 - this year that will be 110 years ago - some of the best minds in Wales met and produced a pamphlet:- 'The Miners' Next Step' to guide miners to a better world, so working people can build a future without parasites or back-stabbers, or bosses, or short-sighted greed.
Just like the people of Donbass, who, before Russia's revolution, lived in the Free Lands and worked to build their world... with love.
Their vision became - unfairly, in my opinion - labelled as anarcho-syndicalism..... so was discounted as a way forward by socialists in Wales and the U.K.
Yet their analysis is as relevant today, as ever, on questions like true democracy and leadership.
Their pamphlet can be accessed online, and I would urge you to read it! If you want to create a fab future for your loved ones..
P.S. hope you like the song!
The people of Donbass (pictured) are united and organised..
The Donbass and Wales and The Miners' Next Step
The people of Donbass run their own army, police and civil
affairs, and run a successful economy, based on soviet style factory and mine local democracy --- so they decide how their buildings and parks, facilities and arts and crafts, fulfill their needs and values.
Because the Kiev government - brought into being by US money and the Maiden violent insurrection and coup - helped to power, extreme nationalist forces.. the rest of Ukraine is trapped and being stripped of its material wealth.
Local oligarchs, bowing to a West desperate to keep its old role, as ''the chosen ones'' - plus a group of psychotic 'US 'neo-cons'', who genuinely welcome a ''decider'' world war, now run things in Ukraine. Millions of Ukrainians are leaving the country... as prices rise and their economy is stripped, and the war on the Donbass, backed by US-led NATO, is an open sore.
All in the middle of a pandemic and the Earth being poisoned against humanity... well!
And the miners of Wales who met in 1912, planned.. then explained... how to work and achieve a better life, by realising the dreams of the vast majority.
Their solution was to use the power of organisation, to create wealth.
They, at that time, planned to havethe local lodges use their organisational
skills.. to set up many businesses...
but any organisation can, right now, call on a number of volunteers to gladly work an hour a month... and many will be happy to do more. From each, according to their ability and to each, according to their need.
That's the spirit.
It's simple... and the only way to achieve a beautiful world, is bit by bit, until it's done.
If three people or a few hundred give one hour a month... then an affordable child nursery for working parents, or a centre to entertain the children after school, are all possible.
The reward?
No-one has to fight against anyone, or rob or borrow money, as people will volunteer, either their time, gifts, or money, to a cause which benefits all in your community.
Love will grow even stronger in your community.
The better place everyone wants, will grow slowly, in peace, like a baby grows in the womb.
That's the miners' Next Step 2.
* * * * * * * * *
This does not mean, by the way, that public ownership is a bad thing, but that creative thinking is necessary.
We have seen how nationalised industries lack democratic accountability, and can be used badly, by both Labour & Tory governments --- as milk cows by the private sector, or to massage the unemployment figures.
And time and time again, after the public has paid for investments, to make them profitable... they are ''re-privatised''.
There are alternatives to the old failed model of public ownership, as seen in this country. Worker co-ops, Foundations, even charity status... could be tried.
There's nothing especially socialist, about nationalisation - Tories, even fascists use it, when private ownership has failed..
It's successful public ownership and control... that brings real lasting benefits, that's what we want!
The 'National Coal Board' closed more collieries down, than even Thatcher!
Many many thanks to Richard Gould, a true genius, who has his own group, yet gave up his time to generate the music.
Also to Ceri of Big Pit, who might not necessarily have agreed with the politics, but was so generous with his time and photos.
And to the Clydach Vale lake and cafe, which is the best nearby example of what is possible!
And last, but definitely not least, a massive thank you to Becs... who has the smile to warm the world - and the guts and generosity - to appear on video.
DPR Post issues stamps featuring
Welsh engineer John Hughes,
founder of Donetsk
April 2nd, 2021 at 2:28pm
(DAN news agency)
The DPR's State Post has issued a postal stamp featuring
John James Hughes, a Welsh engineer, businessman and
founder of the city of Donetsk.
The stamp is decorated with Donetsk coat-of-arms and
Hughes portrait. The stamp can be used for registered
letters with receipt up to 20 gr, in accordance with the
current fee rate of 44 rubles.
The number of copies issued is 30,024.
The envelope for the new stamp features pictograms
representing industrial objects and clippings of
Donbass geological map.
Hughes moved to the Russian Empire, in the summer of 1870,
at the age of 55, as Millwall Iron Works Company received an
order, from the Imperial Russian Government, for the plating
of a naval fortress being built at Kronstadt on the Baltic Sea.
He immediately started to build metal works close to the
river Kalmius, at a site near the village of Alexandrovka.
Over the next twenty years, the works prospered and expanded, first under John Hughes and then, after his death, in 1889, under the management of four of his sons.
John Hughes died on June 17th, in 1889, during a business trip to St Petersburg.
According to some sources, Hughes taught himself to write, and could only read capital letters.
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DPR issues stamps
devoted to Donbass
defense operation
March 24th, 9:27am (DAN)
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The Donbass Post state-owned unitary
enterprise has issued three stamps
devoted to the special operation to
defend Donbass, the company
press service said Thursday.
The print run of the strip and each stamp is
4,000. The #Za Pobedu strip costs 118
rubles. The envelope has a print run of
2,500 with the price of the first day
cover at 30 rubles.
Different perforations were used in stamp
printing - for the first time - the press
service told Donetsk News Agency.
The other side of the envelope features a
quote from Russian President Vladimir
Putin’s address to the nation.
“We are having a rush for the stamps and the
envelope. A third of the print run has already
been booked,” a press service employee said.
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DPR Post issues postal card
on the October Socialist
Revolution anniversary
November 1st, 4:28pm (DAN)
DPR State Post issued post cards with an
original stamp, for the Day of the Great
October Socialist Revolution.
"The "Soviet Holidays" series... is supplemented
with a postal card commemorating one of the
greatest holidays of the Soviet state. Postal
cards with the "Great October Socialist
Revolution" stamps... were issued on
November 3rd, 2021," the Post said.
Cards are available at the Post shop, at 72 Artyoma Street, Donetsk.
The October Revolution was a revolution in Russia
led by the Bolshevik Party of Vladimir Lenin.
November 7th, 2021 marked the 104th
anniversary... of the uprising in
Petrograd (St Petersburg).
The following day, the Winter Palace (the seat of the
Provisional government located in Petrograd, then
capital of Russia) was captured. This coup, is
considered to have started the creation of the state known as... the Soviet Union.
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Donbass Post issues its first
stamp featuring metal & coal
Donetsk, October 25th, 11:03am (DAN)
DPR State Post has issued a metal stamp,
for the first time ever, featuring samples
of coal: to commemorate the 300th
anniversary of the discovery of
coal deposits in Donbass.
"We are extremely proud to present our new
"stamp in metal" - an installation combining
the real rock and metal," the press statement issued by the Post, says.
The stamp is made of brass, it is
30 mm in diameter, its weight,
is 17 grams.
The installation is decorated with
a guiding star, and mining tools.
The first-day-envelope, with a black-and-
gold lining is also available for purchase.
The price of the commemorative sign is
900 rubles, the envelope in a frame
costs 1,000 rubles, at the store at 72, Artyoma street.
Donetsk - Other News
August 9th, 6:22pm (DAN)
Donetsk... is in talks with Pyongyang, over North
Korean builders, joining DPR rebuilding projects.
The human resources centre of the Russian
Ministry of Construction, has opened its
branches in the DPR, and the LPR. They
will retrain people who wish to change
their profession for civil engineering.
A stele was put up at the Saur Mogila memorial.
The restoration works are due to be
completed ahead of Donbass
Liberation Day.
Repairs are running on nearly 70 percent of schools
in the DPR. Russian builders are taking an active
part in rebuilding DPR education centres.
Mariupol plans to relaunch a tram service next year.
In Mariupol, 3,852 residential buildings and 159 social
infrastructure facilities have been reconnected to the power grid.
DPR volunteers have received the PUTIN TEAM award.
Street lights have been wired... in Donetskaya and
Panfilovskaya Streets, in the town of Kirovskoye.
Also, street lighting is being overhauled on
Molodyozhny Boulevard. The work is
part of the cooperation agreement
between Kirovskoye and Russia’s
Republic of Sakha.
Meetings of residents resumed in Dokuchayevsk.
On Thursday, a meeting in Yuzhny settlement
was led by the town administration head,
Alexander Kachanov.
The mural “Donbass' Future is Together with Russia”
will be painted on a wall of a house in Ilovaisk.
Ninety schoolchildren from Bolshoy Khartsyzsk
have travelled to Russia’s Nizhny Novgorod
region, for recreation.
DPR Ministry discusses
the direct supplies - of
agricultural machinery
from Belarus
August 9th, 10:46am (DAN)
The Donetsk People’s Republic Ministry of Agricultural
Policy and Food is discussing direct supplies of
Belarussian agricultural machinery, the
Ministry’s press service told the
Donetsk News Agency,
on Tuesday.
“A round table discussion has taken place, with a
delegation of the ''Liberal Democratic Party'' of
Belarus to map out guidelines for cooperation
in experience, exchange, and direct supplies
of agricultural machinery, equipment and
spare parts, to DPR companies,”
the press service said.
The talks over developing the DPR agro-industrial
sector are underway with Russia as well. In the
recent months, the Ministry of Agricultural
Policy and Food has held consultations
with representatives of Russia’s
Lipetsk, Kursk, Voronezh, and
Nizhny Novgorod regions
and the Republic of
Sakha (Yakutia).
DPR and Russian officials held conferences and
toured DPR companies, including enterprises
in liberated areas.
Following a visit of a DPR delegation, Tula region
authorities said --- that they would consider
technical support for the Mariupol-based
company, Ecoilychproduct, which
specializes in the production of
milk, cheese and water. The
company needs assistance
to maintain production.
In late July, a DPR delegation led by the Republic’s
leader, Denis Pushilin, visited the Brest region of
Belarus, to explore interaction opportunities.
After the visit, Pushilin said that Donbass and
Belarus had many opportunities for mutually
advantageous cooperation.
Livestock enterprises.... in liberated DPR kept almost 100 pc of their staff
August 8th, 2:40pm (DAN)
Almost all livestock enterprises in the liberated
regions have registered with the DPR, the
Ministry of Agro-Industrial Policy and
Food said.
“Almost all livestock enterprises have registered in
the legal field of the Republic, most of the staff
remain, of course, there is still quite a lot to
restore, but there are solid grounds to say
that the main difficulties have been
overcome at this stage,” the
statement says.
As a result of the military action, damage to property
and loss of livestock have been reported, another
major problem is water and electricity supply.
Nonetheless, some of the farms have resumed
their work, and restored supply and sale chains.
“Today, we can confidently report positive dynamics.
Livestock enterprises are successfully establishing
the production process and economic activity.
The supply of feed, the sale of products has
been established, and a positive trend in
production indicators is predicted,”
the Ministry said.
As of July 18th, about 580 agro-industrial enterprises
of the liberated regions were registered in the
Republic. Many of them have resumed work,
in particular, bakeries.
Kherson’s authorities to
arrange coal supply
from DPR in winter
August 8th, 12:22pm (DAN)
The DPR will arrange coal supplies to the Kherson,
the deputy head of the regional military-civilian
administration (VGA) Kirill Stremousov said.
“We will address the coal capital of the Donetsk
People’s Republic, to order coal here,”
Stremousov said, at a meeting with
residents of Kherson villages, the
video of the meeting was posted
on the VGA telegram channel.
The deputy head of the VGA noted that coal is
needed to warm houses and social
institutions during the
heating season.
The Kherson region came under the control of the
Russian army, in mid-March, at the end of April a
military-civilian administration was established
there. Local authorities have repeatedly
declared the desire of the region
to become a part of Russia.
Russian Ministry of Natural
Resources -- will assist
Mariupol in rubbish
collection
August 5th, 2:16pm
https://en.news-front.info/
This was announced by the head of the Russian
Ministry, Alexander Kozlov. In addition, the
agency will build a new landfill outside
the city. By the end of the year, the
citizens will not have to pay for
waste disposal. The Minister
also said that the Republic
will be helped - with
reforestation and
the creation of a
national park.
“I will send in August a group of specialists who will
survey the objects of accumulated environmental
damage. After the assessment, we will make a
plan for their elimination,” Kozlov said.
According to the head of the Ministry of Environment,
the city will receive 88 rubbish trucks, scrap trucks
and equipment for waste processing, also 9,310
containers and bins will be purchased.
Russia --- sends nearly 100 tons
of medications for poliomyelitis,
measles and COVID-19 to DPR
August 5th, 1:45pm (DAN)
A humanitarian cargo of 97 tons total weight,
including immunobiological and medical
items, has arrived in the DPR, from
Russia, the DPR Ministry of
Health said.
“More than 97 tons of humanitarian cargo... has been
received, which includes medical immunobiological
products (for the prevention of poliomyelitis,
measles and COVID-19),” the statement said.
The Ministry of Health added that the Russian
Federation also delivered medicines.... for
oncological & haematological diseases,
multiple sclerosis, diseases of the
endocrine system, diabetes, and
diabetes insipidus, including
insulin preparations, anti-
bacterial, anti-microbial
and other medicines.
In addition, Republican medical institutions will receive
medical items for hemodialysis, laboratory tests and
high-tech surgical interventions, in the field of
cardiac surgery. The cargo also included
baby formula.
The Russian Emergencies Ministry has delivered
almost 60,000 tons of humanitarian aid to the
Republic of Donbass, since the beginning of the special operation.
3 major agro-industrial enterprises
in liberated DPR to be relaunched
August 5th, 10:28am (DAN)
Three major agricultural enterprises are to resume
operations in the liberated territories of the DPR,
the Ministry of Agriculture said.
“The following enterprises located in the liberated
territories are getting ready to resume operation:
Chaika, SK-LTD in Krasnyi Liman, and the
Mariupol Bakery Plant,” the
statement reads.
Construction materials and components
for equipment are being purchased.
The Mariupol Bakery Plant is located on the premises
of the city port and has a 40,000 ton grains storing
capacity. SK-LTD is a linear elevator of 36,000
tons capacity. Chaika, badly damaged during
the military action, specializes in producing
flour, bread, and bakery products.
DPR agribusinesses boost
exports to Russia --- since
Putin’s November decree
August 4th, 5:23pm (DAN)
The Donetsk People’s Republic has increased the
exports of macaroni, confectionery and grain to
Russia thanks to President Vladimir Putin’s
November decree on the support of
Donbass, the DPR Agriculture
Ministry told the Donetsk
News Agency on
Thursday.
“In the period from December 2021 through May 2022,
we observed a year-on-year increase in the exports
of pastry (up 5.8 percent), macaroni (by over 5 times), and grain and other agricultural
products,” the press service said.
The increase in exports occurred solely due to the
measures to support the region, approved by the
Russian leader’s decree, dated November 15th,
2021, the DPR Agriculture Ministry said.
Decree No 657 ordered the Russian government to
open Russian markets to goods from the Donbass
Republics without applying export/import quotas.
Two universities
reopen in Mariupol
August 2nd, 3:49pm (DAN)
Two higher education centres in Mariupol have
opened applications, the press service of the
Donetsk People’s Republic Education and S
cience Ministry told the Donetsk News
Agency on Tuesday.
“Two universities have reopened in Mariupol: the
Priazovsky State Technical University and
Mariupol State University,” the press
service said.
“These education organizations have already
opened applications and will launch the
education process on September 1st.”
All education organizations which register in
the DPR will be able to resume operation in
liberated areas in the new academic
year, it said.
Earlier reports said that nearly 3,700 9th-grade
students and school leavers in liberated
areas had received DPR certificates.
“Promsvyazbank” begins to
accepts utility services,
mobile telephony
payments in DPR
August 2nd, 12:13pm (DAN)
Russia’s “Promsvyazbank” has begun to accept
payments in the Donetsk People’s Republic for
utility services and mobile communication,
the Bank’s press service reported
on Tuesday.
“On August 2nd, 2022, PCB clients in the Donetsk
People’s Republic can pay for utility services,
mobile communication and services of all
other suppliers using a mobile bank,
internet bank - or bank offices
across the Republic, as part
of comprehensive banking
for DPR's population and
businesses,” the press
service said.
Payments can be made online, through a mobile
application --- or at PCB offices, it added.
“Payments to suppliers are made in rubles,” the press
service said, adding that no fees are charged for
utility bill and social payments. “To use a
convenient service, open a card, deposit
or account at the PCB, or use its other
products.”
Promsvyazbank was established in 1995. Its head
office, is located in Moscow. It is in the top ten of
Russian banks, by the size of assets. It is also a
strategic loan organization and a base bank for
defense orders operations since 2019. In the
beginning of June, the Bank obtained a
permit to operate in the DPR.
DPR expects40%
grains harvest
growth y-o-y
August 1st, 4:25pm (DAN)
The DPR will be fully provided with grains this year,
including wheat, the grain crop is expected to
exceed last year’s figures by 40%, the DPR
Ministry of Agricultural Policy and
Food said.
“According to preliminary estimates of the Ministry,
the expected gross harvest of crops, wheat in
particular, will grow by more than 40%
year-on-year,” the statement reads.
The Republic’s demand for grains will
be fully covered, the statement adds.
Last year, DPR farmers produced 389,000 tons
of early grains and leguminous cultures (in
the original recorded weight).
Almost 170,000 students
to be enrolled in schools
this year
August 1st, 4:51pm (DAN)
DPR educational institutions expect 170,000
students this year, including the liberated
territories, the Ministry of Education
said, citing preliminary estimates.
“According to our estimates, 140,000 of students will
start their academic year in the territory controlled
by the DPR before the beginning of the liberation
operation;- 28,500 are to begin their studies in
the liberated territories,” the statement reads.
Russian educational standards are to be applied at
schools across the DPR, including liberated areas.
Mariupol getting ready
for heatingseason
August 1st, 12:38pm
https://en.news-front.info/
Specialists of Mariupol branch of “Voda Donbassa”
together with specialists of the State Unitary
Enterprise “Donbasteploenergo” - carried
out an inspection of 35 boilers that will
be ready to supply heat to consumers
in this heating season, said director
of the branch, Sergei Koval.
As of today 25 boiler plants are ready, the rest are
undergoing technical maintenance. In the next
two weeks, water supply will also be fully
restored to them, Telegram channel
Mariupol Now quoted Koval,
as saying.
He noted that - to date - water is supplied to all four districts of the city:-- in Oktyabrsky district 330 houses, 3 hospitals, 3 schools and 1 kindergartens were supplied with water, 142 houses and 1 school, were connected to Primorsky district, 203
houses, 3 schools & 1 kindergarten connected to Ilyichevsky district,
and 167 houses were connected to Ordzhonikidzevsky district.
Russia to issue housing certificates
to residents of the DPR and LPR
whose homes were destroyed
during military operations
July 29th, 3:02pm
https://en.news-front.info/
Russian President Vladimir Putin has supported the
idea of Deputy Prime Minister Marat Khusnullin to
issue housing certificates to people living in the
Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics and
whose houses were destroyed.
At a meeting with the president on Friday 29th July,
Khusnullin said how the reconstruction of housing
in the Donetsk and Luhansk people’s republics
was planned. According to his message,
what cannot be rebuilt... will be
built anew.
“For those people who do not want to wait today, we
offer and ask you to agree the option of paying out
a housing certificate with the opportunity to buy
them housing in the territory of the Donetsk
Republic in any locality. I think there will
be demand for that, too,” the Deputy
Prime Minister suggested.
He also suggested possible mechanisms of lump-
sum payments and compensation for repairs.
“Let’s do it that way. But this should apply not only to
the Donetsk Republic, but also, say, to the Lugansk
Republic – where there is demand for it, and where
people are waiting for it,” replied the Head of State.
Khusnullin said that responsible departments are
currently drawing up a schedule of what is to be
repaired over three years.
“We have already completed 85% of all the housing
stock <…>, and everything we can restore, we will
restore everything. All that we cannot repair, we
will build. We will work out by years, where,
when, and in what quarter we will build,”
he said.
The deputy head of the Cabinet of Ministers
noted that the approach to housing repairs
had been found as well.
“We have agreed that to repair inside the flats
or inside private houses we will also allocate
six thousand rubles (per square metre),”
– he explained.
Khusnullin also explained how Putin’s order to elaborate the possibility of a one-time
payment to such citizens was fulfilled.
According to him, the mechanism
approved during the floods in the
Irkutsk region, was taken as a basis for this.
“You know it very well, I was in charge of the situation
there and I regularly reported to you on these issues.
This is the mechanism we are proposing to apply in
these areas and we will provide payment to all
those who want to be repaired,” he reported.
The Deputy Prime Minister gave assurances that
the mechanisms will be worked out and
submitted to the President.
Putin instructed to ensure
Donbas residents winter
“in normal conditions”
July 29th, 1:16pm
https://en.news-front.info/
Vladimir Putin has instructed Deputy Prime Minister
Khusnullin to ensure normal human conditions for
residents of Donbass this winter.
Residents of Donbas must spend the coming winter
“in normal human conditions”. Russian President
Vladimir Putin, gave Russian Deputy Prime
Minister Marat Khusnullin, an order to this
effect during their meeting, broadcast on
the Rossiya 24 TV channel.
The head of state said that the leadership of the
Donetsk and Luhansk people’s republics had
asked Moscow to help rebuild infrastructure,
social facilities and residential areas in the
affected settlements.
Putin asked Khusnullin to work out these issues
together with the leadership of the Donbass
republics. He clarified that it was now
summer, but winter was already
approaching.
“We need people to spend this winter in normal,
human conditions, so that afterwards they
can quietly start construction and,
accordingly, receive decent
housing for people,” the
president instructed
the deputy P.M.
Temporary departments of
Russian Interior Ministry
set up in territories of
the liberated regions
July 29th, 10:26am
https://en.news-front.info/
The Military Civil Administration (MCA) of Kherson
Region has reported the arrival of internal affairs
officers to organise the work of temporary
administrations of the Russian Interior
Ministry in the liberated regions.
According to the Kherson VGA, the territorial internal
affairs bodies are currently at the stage of formation.
From the first days officers of temporary divisions of
the Russian police started to work on the protection
of public order in the streets of the liberated cities,
ensuring road safety, and organization of search
operations and investigative work.
Comprehensive support has been given
to the formation of local police forces.
“Russian Interior Ministry officials have ensured
interaction with local civilian administrations to
exchange skills and experience in coordination
between the various services & the population,
and to train officers in the fundamental
principles of work,” the provincial
administration said.
It is reported that temporary deployment points have
been deployed to accommodate the arriving Russian
police officers on an emergency basis. Also, the
work of the duty unit has been ensured, the
control and access regime has been
ensured, and patrolling equipment
has been prepared.
The Interior Ministry, earlier, issued a decree
on the formation of temporary offices of the
Russian Interior Ministry, in the liberated
Kherson and Zaporizhzhya regions.
Mariupol testing TV,
radio broadcasting
July 28th, 4:21pm (DAN)
The Donetsk People’s Republic Radio and Television
Broadcasting Centre, has launched television and
radiobroadcasting in Mariupol in the test mode,
the DPR Communications Ministry press
service said on Thursday.
“DPR RTPTs state unitary enterprise specialists
have test-launched broadcasting in Mariupol,”
the press service said.
City residents, can watch Russian TV (First Channel,
Russia 1 Crimea, Match! Channel 5, Russian Culture,
Russia 24 Crimea, NTV, Karusel etc) as well as DPR
&.. LPR channels. The available radio broadcasting
companies, are Radio Russia Crimea, Mayak, and
Vesti FM.
They operate at the following radio frequencies:
Mayak at 88.0 MHz, Radio Russia at 90.4 MHz
and Vesti FM at 106.9 MHz.
Mariupol is the largest city on the Sea of Azov coast, a
key Donbass metallurgy centre, and seaport. Fighting
for the city continued from February 25th to April the
21st --- when the Ukrainian nationalists were fully
blocked in the industrial zone of Azovstal works.
Saint Vladimir’s land gathering
was token of Rus might,
prosperity — DPR Head
July 28th, 1:39pm (DAN)
Donetsk People’s Republic Head, Denis Pushilin, has
conveyed his best wishes to DPR residents, on the
occasion of the 1,034th anniversary of the
Christianization of Rus.
“This date displayed historical truth to the world: the
unity of Slavic peoples and the whole Russian world
despite the aggressive policy of the West which is
trying to divide the Russians,” Pushilin wrote on
his official Telegram channel.
''Today, Moscow, Donetsk, Lugansk and Kiev are
marking the Christianization of Rus. We are
brothers in faith, history and culture.
''These ties are invaluable. Prince Vladimir was
the first gatherer of Russian lands; he brought
together separate territories understanding
that it was a token of Rus power and
prosperity. He passed this wisdom
to us, and the bequest to keep
peace and unity between
ourselves,'' he said.
The baptism of Rus determined the future of Russian
statehood, in many ways, and influenced the
formation of characteristic features of our
people, such as faith, mutual help and
mercy, Pushilin said.
The DPR leader said that truth would ultimately
triumph and that the seeds of discord would
be rooted out as ''all of us, are linked with
eternal imperishable values and love for
our native land.''
The Day of the Baptism of Rus, is marked on July 28th
as the Day of Saint Prince Vladimir the Equiapostolic.
The Order of Saint Vladimir is a DPR state award
which Pushilin established, by this date,
last year.
Artists invited to develop
prototypesof Monument
to Child Victims of war
July 27th, 7:37pm (DAN)
Artists and designers from various countries are
invited to develop prototypes of a monument to
commemorate child victims of the Donbass
War, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
announced.
“The least we can do for the children who are gone
forever, is to erect this memorial,” the report said,
quoting the Foreign Minister, Natalia Nikonorova.
“We hope to receive prototypes from artists of
Russia, brotherly Abkhazia, South Ossetia, the
LPR, and Kharkov and Kherson regions,
among others.”
The monument is to be erected in Donetsk in 2023.
Pushilin: DPR and Brest agree
to develop cooperation
opportunities
July 27th, 7:36pm (DAN)
The DPR and Belorussia have plenty of opportunities
of mutually beneficial cooperation, the DPR Head
Denis Pushilin said during his work visit to the
Brest Oblast.
“The Brest region has a huge industrial potential,
represented by the construction sector and the
food industry; the agricultural sector presents
lots of opportunities,” he said.
Pushilin held a meeting with Deputy Chairman
of the Regional Executive Committee, Dmitry Gorodetskiy, Chairman of the City Council of Deputies, Nikolay Krasovskiy, and the leader of the Belaya Rus, regional
organization, to discuss partner- ship opportunities.
Khabarovks Kraito assist
in roads renovation
in Debaltsevo
July 27th, 7:17pm (DAN)
The Khabarovks Krai is to assist Debaltsevo, which
it curates, to repair 15 roads and four municipal
properties, the Debaltsevo administration
Head, Igor Zakharevic, said.
“Currently, repaifrs are underway at the kindergarten
No.5, the Youth and Children’s Cultural Centre, the
Central Library, and works are scheduled at the
Lokomotiv swimming pool,” he said.
Roads are being renovated as well, a total of 70,000 sq
metres are to be fixed, as specialized equipment has
already arrived from Russia.
Both locals and Russian experts
are involved in the projects.
Debaltsevo is located in the northern part of the DPR.
It was occupied by Ukrainian forces in 2014 and
liberated in 2015 with the LPR's assistance.
When Ukrainian forces retreated, they blew up a
major rail-road juncture. Nearly 80% of the
buildings in the city... were reduced
to rubbish.
Renovation of schools, hospitals,
and roads: Samara Oblast takes
active part in Snezhnoye
restoration
July 27th, 9:31am (DAN)
The Samara Oblast, is assisting the DPR in repair
efforts currently underway in Snezhnoye, more
objects are to be reconstructed in the future, the Head of the town administration, Alexander Skvortsov, said.
“Repair works are well under way at schools Np. 4 and
6, a sports school, where not just roofs and windows
are being replaced, but also the heating systems; a
first-aid medical centre, the Palace of Culture,”
he told DAN.
About two hundred people are engaged in the repair
works, 150 of them are experts from Russia.
Reconstruction work is about to begin at nine
residential multi-storey houses, where
mostly roofs require attention.
The central streets of the town, as well as water
supply and sewage pipes, are being renovated.
Seven doctors from Russia are consulting
patients in the hospital of Snezhnoye.
Skvortsov said that medical experts have
always been in demand in the town,
especially ophthalmologists.
The Samara Oblast took patronage over the town of
Snezhnoye in May, the governments of the town
and the Russian region signed a cooperation
agreement, the region has already supplied
communal equipment, ambulances,
computers and textbooks for
schools, water and
food supplies.
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Mariupol airport to be
reconstructed in
three years
July 25th, 7:23pm (DAN)
The DPR plans to reconstruct the airport of Mariupol
within three years, the Deputy Chairman of the DPR
Government, Evgeny Solntsev, said.
“We will reconstruct the airport of Mariupol within
the next three years,” TAss news agency cited
him as saying.
According to Solntsev, the airport will be
of a joint civilian-military use type.
Mariupol... is the largest city on the coast of the Sea of
Azov, one of the key centres of metallurgy in Donbass,
and a major seaport. The battle for the city began on
February 25th, and ended with the Coalition’s
victory on April 21st.
The airport of Mariupol was put into operation in 1931.
At its top capacity, it handled up to 120,000
passengers yearly. It was designated
as an international airport in 2004.
In the years of the Ukrainian occupation, it housed a
Russia is taking emergency measures for the urgent
construction of a gas pipeline --- to the liberated
areas of the Zaporozhye region. The decision
to supply Melitopol, Berdyansk - and other
cities and villages - with Russian fuel was made only 10 days ago, when Kyiv deliberately turned off the gas pipeline valve.
“More than 225 thousand households --- and this is more
than half a million people -- are now deprived of access
to gas. For the liberated territories, the gas pipeline is,
without exaggeration, the number one infrastructure
facility. People don’t even have anything to cook
with now”, Vladimir Rogov, a member of the
regional administration, told the
VZGLYAD newspaper.
While urgent preparations are underway for laying the
gas pipeline, the regional authorities are distributing
electric stoves to the most needy categories of the
population, Rogov said.
“So that the work... is not disrupted by sabotage of the
Armed Forces of Ukraine, it was instructed to ensure
maximum security of the facility,” emphasizes Rogov.
DPR to provide market
opportunities for
Kharkov region
manufacturers
July 22nd, 2:26pm (DAN)
The DPR and the liberated areas of the Kharkov
region are developing economic cooperation,
said the DPR Head Denis Pushilin.
“There - enterprises must be launched - they plan
it, but they need sales markets. We are ready to
provide them these markets.The goods that are to be produced there, are in demand in the DPR,” he said.
Despite a number of difficulties the DPR faces
the country has --- “more experience and
opportunities at the moment”, and is eager to assist another region.
On Thursday... the Head of the DPR and the head of the civilian-military administration of Kharkov
district signed a joint communiqué in Donetsk,
which in particular, involves the development
and expansion of bilateral cooperation: in
trade, economic, agricultural, scientific
and technical spheres, as well as the
establishment of direct trade.
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More than half of Russia’s
constituent entities
help Donbas
July 21st, 12:28pm
https://en.news-front.info/
44 Russian regions have, so far, announced
support for various territories of the DPR
and LPR, or individual Donbas sites.
The Vedomosti newspaper reported that more than
half of Russia’s constituent entities have declared
their assistance to the Donbass regions (44 out of
85). Some Russian regions take patronage of a
territory or facility, while some conclude
agreements on assistance, with
local authorities.
For example, on May the 23rd, Moscow's authorities
announced that they were taking patronage of the
DPR, and on June the 17th, Moscow mayor Sergey
Sobyanin signed a cooperation agreement with
the DPR's head Denis Pushilin. At that time,
experts from the capital were already
working in Donetsk.
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Chelyabinsk region to begin reconstruction in Yasinovataya
this week
July 20th, 3:12pm (DAN)
The Chelyabinsk region of the Russian Federation
plans to embark on reconstruction works in
Yasinovataya this week, the local
administration head, Dmitriy
Shevchenko, said.
''Currently, construction materials are being
purchased, the condition of the objects
subject to reconstruction... has been
documented. If everything is alright
....the reconstruction of one of the schools will begin this week-end.
''The contractor has arrived, the workers have
been hired. A total of five objects are listed:
two schools, two kindergartens, and a
children’s hospital,'' he said.
The reconstruction is to be
finalized by September.
Yasinovataya is located north of Donetsk,
its population amounts to 30,000. The
town has been continuously shelled
by Ukrainian forces. More than
1,500 civilian objects have
been damaged, since
February.
Remembering Givi, Yasinovataya
mine clearance,new artillery
attacks:DPR news highlights
July 19th, 5:33pm (DAN)
Ukrainian armed formations have fired more
than 260 rounds of ammunition, at Donetsk
People’s Republic settlements on Tuesday.
Military situation
Ukrainian gunmen, on Tuesday, shelled
the Donetsk’s Petrovsky and Kirovsky
districts, Yelenovka, Dokuchayevsk,
Staromikhailovka, Yasinovataya,
Verkhnetoretskoye, Gorlovka,
Dolomitnoye... and
Panteleimonovka.
The enemy used “Grad” multiple rocket
launchers, cannon artillery and mortars.
Preliminary reports said that houses in
Kollontai Street, in Donetsk’s Kirovsky
district had been damaged in artillery
attacks. No civilian casualties were
immediately reported.
Donetsk People’s Republic Emergencies Ministry
personnel came under fire as they were looking
for explosive hazards in Krasny Liman. Luckily,
nobody was hurt.
Engineers eliminated about 100 “Lepestok” anti-
personnel mines which Kiev gunmen had
showered on Yasinovataya ,a few
days ago.
Humanitarian situation
Energy specialists have repaired high-voltage
transmission lines and electrical substations
in Mariupol, Volnovakha, Krasny Liman and
the villages of Ilyichevskoye, Yatskoye
and Rubtsy.
The DPR Central Bank opened its second office
in Volnovakha. It is located at 8 Hero Vladimir
Zhoga Street.
Commissioner for Children’s Rights under the
Russian President Maria Lvova-Belova has
inaugurated the project for the socio-
psychological rehabilitation of
wartime adolescents.
Other news
The DPR is remembering “Somalia” battalion
commander, Mikhail Tolstykh (Givi).
He would have turned 42 today.
Mariupol port actively
preparing for....
grain exports
July 19th, 11:37am (DAN)
The Mariupol seaport is actively preparing for grain
exports with loading operations expected to begin
shortly, port authorities told the Donetsk News
Agency on Tuesday.
“Grain storage capacities are being prepared.
Harvesting is now underway, and then we’ll
be working hard to export grain,” a port
official said. “We’re checking grab
buckets, reloaders and power
lines... in order to be able to
start intensive work when
the vessels arrive.”
He added that repairs were running on cranes, small
equipment and electrical substations. The first
vessel might arrive at the port, later this week, or next week.
Mariupol’s trade port was fully freed from Ukrainian
gunmen on April 13th; the demining works were
completed on May 25th. The loading of the
Slavutich.. the first vessel that entered the port after its liberation, began on May 29th.
Donetsk People’s Republic leader Denis Pushilin said
that the DPR would use the port for quick delivery of
construction materials for the rebuilding of the
Republic, as well as for grain exports
First farmers' fair in Mariupol
gathers thousands residents
July 15th, 5:25pm (DAN)
The first farmers fair in Mariupol gathered
3,000 locals today, The DPR Ministry of
Agriculture said.
A dozen agricultural companies took part in the fair,
and presented their meat products, poultry, bread,
pastry and other food products.
The fair was organized on behalf of the Head of
the DPR, in the future fairs will be held in other
settlements that have returned to the zone of
responsibility and influence of the Republic.
Russian regions will help
rebuild housing in the
DPR and LPR
July 15th, 8:29am
https://en.news-front.info/
Six Russian regions will send more than 3.2 thousand
cubic metres of timber to rebuild housing in the DNR
and LNR. This is 35 wagons and 30 trucks.
Arkhangelsk, Novgorod, Vologda, Tver, and Leningrad
regions, as well as Karelia, will take part in the
delivery of the cargo.
More than 1,500 cubic metres of timber has
already been delivered to the Republics.
DPR’s Phoenix mobile operator
adds 100,000 subscribers
in liberated areas
July 12th, 12:49pm (DAN)
The number of subscribers of the Donetsk People’s
Republic's mobile operator, Phoenix has increased by nearly 100,000 since the start of the liberation
operation, the operator’s press service told the
Donetsk News Agency on Tuesday.
“As of today, the Republican Communications
Operator (‘Phoenix’) state unitary enterprise
customer base has increased by 100,000
active users,” the press service said.
“Some 1.4million DPR residents currently use Phoenix services,” a press service representative said, when asked about the customer base increase since the liberationof DPR settlements.
Phoenix is the first DPR mobile operator covering the
whole territory of the Republic. It was test-launched
in June 2015 and began full-fledged operation in
February 2016.
The special military operation in Ukraine and
Donbass began on February 24th, 2022. As
of now, 238 settlements have come under
DPR control.
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DPR ministries and agenciesto switch to Russian standards
July 12th, 1:47pm
https://en.news-front.info/
All ministries and agencies of the Donetsk people’s
republic will fully switch to Russian standards
within two to three months, the minister of
justice of the republic, Yuriy Sirovatko,
has said, TASS reported.
He also said that the Donetsk people’s republic
has already opened more than 100 criminal
cases --- over the actions of the
Azov battalion.
Donbass Restoration continues... latest
July 11th, 4:30pm (DAN)
Construction workers from the Krasnodar Krai,
the Chelyabinsk Oblast and the Yamalo-Nenets
Autonomous Okrug, began to restore
Volnovacha's houses and public
facilities damaged in
the fighting.
The arrival of builders from other regions of Russia,
is expected. In the near future, 50 multi-apartment
buildings and 24 public facilities, will be restored
in the city.
The Donbass Post launched 43 stationary and 13
mobile post offices in the liberated territories,
serving about 200 townships.
The suburban Mariupol — Volnovakha train route was
launched today. The new connection will run twice
a day, the travel time is three hours. The ticket is 27 roubles.
Society
The head of the DPR, Denis Pushilin, established
the Day of Memory of Children Victims of the
War in the Donbass, as on July the 27th.
The communal enterprise of the Donetsk
administration -- “Donelektroavtotrans”
launched a series of tickets dedicated
to the liberated territories of the
Republic. The first two new
tickets.... are dedicated to
Mariupol and Volnovacha.
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Mariupol builds
gas-block plant
July 11th, 9:12am
https://en.news-front.info/
The plant is expected to be commissioned on
July 13th. The plant’s capacity will be about
300 cu.m. of finished product per 12 hours
of operation.
The plant is located at the intersection of
Mira Avenue and Kuprina Street, near a
new residential complex being built
by the Russian Defence Ministry.
Utility tariffs reduced
in Zaporizhzhya region
July 8th, 8:58am
https://en.news-front.info/
Communal services tariffs for legal and natural
persons have been reduced as of July 1st,
2022, under an order of the head of the
military and civil administration of
Zaporizhia region.
“Military and Civil Administration took the initiative to
reduce tariffs, first of all on electricity. City leaders
have been instructed to reduce electricity tariffs
and adopt a new tariff schedule, which will be
more comfortable for the population of
Zaporizhzhya region,” Yevhen
Balitsky said.
Russian power engineers to
come to Mariupol to help
republican colleagues
July 8th, 8:09am
https://en.news-front.info/
Up to 700 power engineers from Russia will arrive in
Mariupol by the end of this week, said DPR Minister
of Coal and Energy Andrey Chertkov.
According to Russian Deputy Energy Minister Yevgeny
Grabchak, about 250 Russian specialists are already
in the city at the moment.
Earlier it became known that the residents of Mariupol
are enrolling in a queue to defuse their explosive finds.
There are quite a few dangerous finds and demining
is underway. Muffled explosions can be heard from
time to time.
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Putin says Russia is ready
to do everything necessary
for the residents of Donbas
July 7th, 2:33pm (Izvestia.ru)
Russia and its leadership will do everything necessary to help those who live in the country of Donets Basin.
This was announced on Thursday, July 7th, by the President of Russia, Vladimir Putin.
All in construction: the Russian Federation wants to
create a service for restoration in the DPR and LPR
"Russia, the Russian government, and the Russian
leadership, will do everything, to help the people
who live and work there" the head of state said.
Russia’s Vladimir region to rebuild
30 houses, social infrastructure
facilities in Dokuchayevsk
July 7th, 10:44am (DAN)
Specialists from Russia’s Vladimir region will begin to
“It’s premature to talk about finalized plans, but the
current ones envision Vladimir region’s assistance
in rebuilding 17 houses & 10 social infrastructure
facilities which were damaged by Ukrainian army strikes,” Kachanov said.
Several municipal vehicles will be handed
over to the town, shortly, he added.
Dokuchayevsk has been under massive enemy fire
since 2014. Ukrainian gunmen targeted residential
areas, social infrastructure & important industrial
facilities such as granaries, the rock dust factory
the refinery and the flux and dolomite works.
The local zoo also took damage.
The number of strikes at Dokuchayevsk has been
decreasing since the liberation of Volnovakha
and the neighbouring settlements
Three Ukrainian regions
can now transfer goods
through DPR, LPR
July 6th, 1:06pm (DAN)
Three Ukrainian regions, Kharkov, Kherson and
Zaporozhye, are now allowed to transfer their
exports through the territory of the DPR and
LPR, as the Unified Economic Council
adopted the decision No.59.
The document stipulates that businesses in the
regions of Kharkov, Kherson and Zaporozhye
can move their goods for export to the
Russian Federation and third
countries, through the DPR
and LPR.
They can pass through the checkpoints with Russia
and through the Mariupol seaport on the basis of
a cargo customs declaration, drawn up in
accordance with the legislation of the
Republics of Donbass and the
Russian Federation.
Largest Russian defense company,
and DPR's steel works...sign
cooperation agreement
July 5th, 12:40pm (DAN)
Russia’s Uralvagonzavod research and
production corporation, and Yuzhny
Mining and Metallurgical Complex
(YuGMK) of the Donetsk People’s
Republic, signed a cooperation
agreement, YuGMK told the
Donetsk News Agency
on Tuesday.
“The Uralvagonzavod concern, and the YuGMK signed an agreement - on cooperation - at the Innoprom international industrial exhibition in Yekaterinburg,” the company said.
“The parties agreed to pool their efforts.. towards
innovative development of the DPR and the LPR.”
The agreement aims to expand economic,
cooperation and scientific ties between
the two enterprises and contribute to
their steady development.
Its objectives include modernization, provision
of supplies, and participation in current
industrial and economic programs.
“The agreement is an important step towards
establishing long-term partnership and
mutually advantageous relations....
between Russia’s large, innovative
and strategic business, and the
highly effective and vigorously
developing Donbass industry.”
“I’m confident that our cooperation not only will be
successful... but also, will raise the integration of
the Donetsk an Lugansk People’s Republic with
the Russian economy, to a whole new level,”
YuGMK Director General Yevgeny
Yurchenko said.
Donbass metallurgical companies have a display
stand at the Innoprom-2022 exhibition in
Yekaterinburg with YuGMK branches
...accounting for most of
the presentations.
YuGMK is comprised of seven enterprises located in
Makeyevka, Yenakiyevo, Komsomolsk, Alchevsk,
Lugansk and Stakhanov. They produce coke and
byproducts... such as ammonium sulphate and
sulphuric acid. Blast furnace shops.. produce
cast iron for further processing and for sale.
Converter processes provide for the production of
various types of steel. Rolling plants manufacture
all kinds of rolled steel, from sheets and graded
steel to reinforced steel and wire. YuGMK also
sells fluxing limestone, crushed rock
and ferroalloys.
YuGMK was established in 2021. It currently employs
more than 22,000 people. The company’s wage
level exceeds the DPR’s average, two-fold.
The Uralvagonzavod concern... is a world leader in
the production of armoured vehicles and artillery,
Russia’s largest defense enterprises, and the
sole developer and producer of armoured
vehicles. It is the leader on the Russian
market, of railway equipment.
The concern brings together more than 40
enterprises, design bureaus and research
institutes in Russia and elsewhere.
Donetsk city to switch to
Russian phone code in July
July 1st, 12:53pm (DAN)
Donetsk will switch to the Russian phone code
later this month, city administration head,
Alexey Kulemzin, said on Friday.
“In July 2022, the city phone code will change
from +38 (062) to +7 (856), ” Kulemzin said.
In May, Russian phone code (+7) and regional code
949 were assigned to the subscribers of the
republican mobile operator “Phoenix.” The
other part of the phone number matches
the current numbers of home network
users. The move eased access to the
Russian Government Services portal
and other Russian online services
which request the user to fill in a
Russian number to register.
Subscribers were recommended to keep the
republican mobile operator numbers with
the new code +7 in phone books and
re-register on social media.
+7 is international code of customers from Russia
and Kazakhstan. This format enables the caller to
connect with people in these countries; + means
international format of the number and 7 means
the country code. A similar system functions in
Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
First 100 orphaned children
from DPR --- to obtain fast track Russian citizenship
July 1st, 1:06pm (DAN)
Some 100 orphaned children and children without
parental care from the Donetsk People’s Republic
have applied for Russian citizenship using a fast
track procedure. It became possible thanks to
the Russian president’s decree issued in May,
said Eleonora Fedorenko, the child rights
advisor to the DPR Head.
“The Russian president’s decree on fast track Russian
citizenship for DPR and LPR residents dated 2019 did
not include such a group as children from state-
supported organizations, ” Fedorenko said.
“On May 30th, the decree was amended to include
children from government institutions in the group
eligible for fast track Russian citizenship. There’s
already the first group of applicants, which
numbers some 100 people.”
Russian citizenship conferment makes DPR orphaned
children and children without parental care, equal in
rights with Russian children, she added.
It will considerably ease the provision of assistance
to them by Russia. “What is the benefit of Russian
citizenship? It’s no secret that we send children
to Russia for medical treatment, especially
those with serious illnesses who cannot
get medical assistance here. But this...
costs money; we’re looking for money.
But now they are citizens who enjoy
equal rights with Russian children,”
Fedorenko said.
On May 30th, Russian President Vladimir Putin
signed a decree on fast track Russian citizen-
ship for orphaned children from the DPR, LPR
and Ukraine. In April, Russia and the Donbass
Republics coordinated the moves towards an
agreement on the adoption of Donbass
orphans in Russia.
Shelled Donetsk maternity home
to reopen in-patient facility
in a month
July 1st, 11:47am (DAN)
The in-patient care department of the Donetsk
Republican Centre for Maternal & Child Health
(DRTsOMD) which was mothballed... after the
Ukrainian gunmen’s strike in June will reopen
in a month, at the earliest, DRTsOMD Deputy
Director General Anna Zheleznaya told the
Donetsk News Agency, on Friday.
“We’re closed until further notice because we have to
carry out roof and window repairs in the first place,”
Zheleznaya said. “As soon as we’re done, we plan
to open, the sooner the better, hopefully, at least in a month.”
The in-patient department is currently closed, but
diagnostics and consulting departments operate,
she added.
The DRTsOMD building was damaged during a
massive strike at Donetsk on June 13th. The
strike caused damage to the medical
centre’s roof, walls and windows.
Medical personnel and patients,
spent several hours in a shelter.
BETTER NEWS
June 30th, 7:12pm
(gazeta.ru)
Russian regions are engaged in
construction and installation
works at 200 objects in the
Donbass, the total number
of workers is about 6,000
builders.
This was announced by Russian Deputy
Prime Minister Marat Khusnullin in his
Telegram channel.
Electric tortures mostly:
DPR Ombudswoman... on how
Ukraine treated DPR POWs
June 30th, 6:46pm (DAN)
Donetsk People’s Republic ombudswoman, Darya
Morozova, visited the DPR militiamen on
Thursday, following their release from Ukrainian captivity.
“Today, I spent the whole day talking with the DPR defenders... who were released from Ukrainian captivity in a prisoner swap,”
the ombudswoman’s office
quoted her as saying.
“These are 47 people who were captured by Ukrainian
forces, after the beginning of the special operation.”
“Unfortunately, most of them had to experience the
brutal treatment by Ukrainian gunmen. Ninety-five
percent of our fighters were tortured, beaten and
subjected to other cruel treatment. Electric
shock was the most frequent torture,”
she said.
The documents of two servicemen were destroyed.
Ukrainian courts forced the fighters to plead guilty --- promising to put their names on POW exchange lists.
The ombudswoman said that the released fighters
differed in the condition of their health and that
nearly everybody had health problems. Many
will be treated for the complications that
developed after gunshot wounds or fractures. They will receive
full assistance.
“I’m very grateful to everybody who helped set
our guys free. I again, draw the attention of
international human rights organizations:
to the critical situation with the rights
of prisoners of war in Ukraine.
“I believe, that the numerous testimonies of our
servicemen --- are hard arguments for taking
proper response measures,” Morozova said.
“Having ignored - again - the exposed facts of illegal
methods of pressure, the international community
will actually abet Kiev’s war crimes.”
On Wednesday, the DPR and Ukraine held the first
prisoner exchange, after the beginning of the
special operation, under the 144 for
144 formula.
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DPR, Ukraine exchange POWs
for first time after beginning
of special operation
June 29th, 9:31pm (DAN)
The Donetsk People’s Republic and Ukraine have
exchanged prisoners of war... for the first time
after the beginning of the special operation,
under the 144 for 144 formula, DPR Head
Denis Pushilin said.
“Today, we’re bringing home 144 DPR militiamen
and Russian servicemen captured by the
enemy,” Pushilin said.
“We handed over to Kiev as many POWs from Ukrainian armed formations, most of them
were wounded. Some are privates from
nationalistic battalions: they are in a
sorry condition with heavy wounds,
amputated limbs and other
complications.”
There are very valuable servicemen and mobilized
fighters... among the people released from
Ukrainian captivity. “Most of them were
wounded -- and need urgent quality
medical assistance. I wish them
soonest recovery, ” he said.
Earlier, DPR ombudswoman Darya Morozova told the
Donetsk News Agency that the DPR was preparing
POW lists for a possible swap with Ukraine.
The DPR and Ukraine last exchanged prisoners in April
2020. Donetsk passed nine people to Kiev and got
ten. Later on, the prison exchange issue was put
on hold, due to Ukraine’s unwillingness to
drop criminal charges against the
released detainees.
Russia will help Luhansk to
repair about 20% of roads
by the end of the year
June 29th, 11:56am
https://en.news-front.info/
Currently, 80% of the roadbed in Luhansk
is in an unsatisfactory condition.
“By November-December – 200 km of roads. With
a good coincidence, it will be possible to repair
about 20% of the roads in Luhansk. Due to the
hostilities, in terms of technology, we are
probably 20 years behind Russia,” said
Oleg Koval, director of the LNR state
unitary enterprise Luhansk Autodor.
Currently, the LNR road network
is about 5,000 km long.
Mariupol to get its own
symphony orchestra
from July the 1st
June 28th, 2:22pm (TASS)
A dance symphony orchestra, comprising more than
30 musicians will appear in Mariupol from July 1st,
the artistic director of the Donetsk Symphony
Orchestra announced on Tuesday.
"I believe that music events will soon resume in
Mariupol, as soon as life in Mariupol returns to
normal," the Donetsk news agency quoted
Alexander Paretsky as saying.
The Donetsk Symphony Orchestra will open
a branch in Mariupol, Paretsky added.
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Mariupol drama theatre
to open new season
with Chekhov’s play
June 28th, 2:05pm (DAN)
The Mariupol Russian Drama Theatre will launch the
new season on September 10th, the theatre’s acting
Director General Igor Solonin told the Donetsk News
Agency on Tuesday.
“We plan to open the theatre on September 10th, which marks the Day of Mariupol's liberation
from the Nazi invaders,” Solonin said.
“We are currently working on Chekhov’s
‘Vaudeville, ’ a timeless classic, that will launch the theatre season.”
The performance will run on the stage of the local
Philharmonic Hall. All actors are preparing for the
season and efforts are underway to restore the
theatre shops, as nearly all stage props and
sets were lost because of the fighting.
“The losses are tremendous. The house where store
rooms were leased has burnt to ashes.The scene
and woodworking shops are now restoring stage
props. DPR authorities and guests from Russia
are providing assistance,” the theatre
director said.
Theatre of Nations Art Director, People’s Artist of
Russia, Yevgeny Mironov, who recently visited the Mariupol theatre, has asked for a list of
essentials needed to start the season.
“The list has been forwarded; he is working on
it. They promised to help us; everybody is accommodating us open-heartedly, ”
he added.
The first professional group of actors emerged in
Mariupol in 1878; this date is regarded as the
starting point of the theatre timeline.
A modern building of the theatre was built in 1960
and the theatre received the status of state
institution. In 2022, Ukrainian nationalists
blasted the theatre building. In May, the
theatre resumed operations, at a
new address.
Donbass schoolchildren can
learn Ukrainian if they so wish
June 28th, 9:56am (DAN)
The opportunity to learn Ukrainian will be provided to
schoolchildren in the liberated areas of the Donetsk
and Lugansk People’s Republics, “United Russia”
Party General Council Secretary Andrey Turchak
said on Tuesday, during a video conference on
the implementation of the Party’s project
“Books for Donbass.”
“Unlike them (Ukrainian authorities — eds Donetsk
News Agency), we are not going to prohibit
anything. Those who wish to learn
Ukrainian will be given this
opportunity,” the United
Russia press service
quoted Turchak
as saying.
New Russian textbooks will be provided to all DPR
and LPR schools by September 1st, he added.
Some 40,000 textbooks have already been
delivered to the Donbass Republics.
Russian Education Minister Sergey Kravtsov said that
his Ministry and the “United Russia” Party will try to
make sure that all schools in the region open
on September 1st.
Earlier reports said that schools in liberated areas
had begun to switch to Russian as the language
of instruction.
In Mariupol, repair work begins
at the intensive care hospital
June 25th, at 1:19pm
https://en.news-front.info/
In the Mariupol Intensive Care Hospital,
construction work is underway to
restore building B, which
suffered the most from
the hostilities.
As of today... demolition work is already
completed. Further major repairs of the
building, the replacement of windows, roofs and facade repairs, are planned.
Also... construction teams will begin internal work, after which, they will replace the communications and electrical networks.
In less affected buildings, it is planned to replace the damaged windows, and examine the communications system, with further
repair work.
All cell phone towers
in Kherson region...
will be restored by
the end of July
June 22nd, 8:09am
https://en.news-front.info/
Destroyed mobile communication towers in
the Kherson region are planned to be fully
restored by the end of July, the operator
has reported to TASS.
As of today, the region has only 20% cellular
coverage, said David Stovba, a salon
manager at cellular operator
Na svyazi.
“At the moment... [communication] coverage of
Kherson region is 20%. The city of Kherson is
connected almost completely. The situation
in the region, is more complicated – the
towers are completely disassembled,
so we have to equip them practically
from scratch. But we announce full
coverage and involvement of all
the towers in the region by the
end of July”, – he said.
Impressively large, fast
construction projects
in western Mariupol
June 21st, 2:17pm (DAN)
Less than a week ago, Mariupol launched a large
construction project to build a neighbourhood of
12 five-storey apartment houses with an
outpatient hospital... by the winter.
Hundreds of people are working on the construction
site on the premises of the former Azovsky market.
They pour concrete for foundations and
simultaneously break ground for new
ones, unload construction materials
and lay service lines, working
around the clock.
The Russian Defense Ministry is project supervisor.
It has a considerable experience in building
infrastructure, for example prefabricated
medical centres which mushroomed
during the coronavirus pandemic.
Tractors, trailer trucks, cranes, shouts of builders
and the sound of working machinery create an
atmosphere which would normally cause
irritation and discomfort.
But here, despite the background of frames
of abandoned apartmentbuildings which
had been damaged by Ukrainian gun-
men fire, this activity makes one
happy as it gives hope for the
revival of the city and its
return to normal life.
Earlier reports said that it is planned to build almost
100,000 square metres of living space (over 1,000 apartments) in the area. Half of the houses will
be commissioned by October, and the rest
together with the hospital a month later.
Construction projects are implemented by companies
from three Russian regions in other parts of Mariupol.
Mariupol is the largest city on the Sea of Azov coast,
a key Donbass metallurgy centre and seaport. It was
liberated from Ukrainian troops on April 21st, 2022.
The city housing stock and infrastructure sustained
significant damage. Damage assessment is under-
way. Water and electricity supply is being restored
in the city. The seaport resumed operation in
late May.
DPR bans registration of
legal entities controlled
by unfriendly countries,
offshores
June 21st, 10:39am (DAN)
The State Defense Committee (GKO) of the Donetsk
People’s Republic has prohibited the registration
of the legal entities controlled by residents of the
countries which are unfriendly to the DPR
and Russia.
GKO Resolution No 107 of June 3, 2022, posted on the
DPR Head’s official website late on Monday came into
force from the date of publication. It says that the
Republic denies registration to the legal entities
whose executives, founders or beneficiaries are
residents of the unfriendly or offshore countries.
The list of these countries is attached to the
document and includes Great Britain, the
USA, EU countries and Ukraine (except
the liberated areas).
The legal entities which have completed the
registration procedure have two months to
dismiss the persons or founders that
belong to the above groups. The
legal entity will stop operation
if it fails to comply with these
regulations.
The Administration of the DPR Head explained:
the measures envisioned in the GKO resolution
are aimed at ensuring DPR economic interests
and security.
St.Petersburg to donate
100 buses to Mariupol
this year
June 20th, 7:03pm (DAN)
Ten additional ten buses transferred from St.
Petersburg were put into the service on
Mariupol city routes today, the press
service of the city administration
said on Monday.
''This is the second batch of passenger transport,
which arrived from the twin city. Semi-low floor
NEFAZ-5299 buses have 115 passengers
capacity, and feature seats. They are
wheelchair accessible, and the rear doors are equipped with
sliding ramps.''
Additional buses made it possible to
shorten waiting time at bus stops.
“A total of 100 buses will be transferred from St.
Petersburg to Mariupol, until the year-end, ” the administration said.
The Agreement on the twin cities relations between
Mariupol and St. Petersburg, was concluded on
June 1st. It provides for cooperation in the
trade, economic, scientific, technical,
humanitarian and cultural spheres.
Chelyabinsk region donates
ambulances to DPR’s
Yasinovataya,
Volnovakha
district
June 14th, 11:03am (DAN)
The government of Russia’s Chelyabinsk region
has passed ambulances to the Donetsk
People’s Republic on Tuesday.
The vehicles were handed over in Donetsk. DPR
Head Denis Pushilin, Chelyabinsk region
governor Alexey Teksler and
representatives of the DPR
government and local
authorities attended
the event.
“We haven’t come empty-handed today; we’ve
brought ambulances, medical equipment and
medications, ” Teksler said.
The governor said that 40 artificial lung ventilation
units would be delivered to the Republic in the
near future. The Chelyabinsk region will supply
medications to the DPR on a regular basis.
Overall, the region handed over 11 “Gazel”
and “Lada” ambulances to the town
of Yasinovataya and the
Volnovakha district.
Earlier reports Tuesday, said the governments
of the Chelyabinsk region, and Yamalo-Nenets
Autonomous Area had concluded cooperation
agreements with the DPR’s Yasinovataya and
Volnovakha district.
Large Russian bank
begins to operate
in Donbass
June 9th, 2:08pm (DAN)
Promsvyazbank (PSB), one of the largest Russian
banks has begun to operate in the Donbass
Republics, the Bank’s press service
reported on Thursday.
“The Bank has begun to provide services to the
population, enterprises and organizations in
the people’s republics having made high
quality banking services available to
them,” the report said.
PSB chairman Pyotr Fradkov signed cooperation
agreements ...in the field of socio-economic
development with the DPR and LPR Heads
Denis Pushilin.. and Leonid Pasechnik.
As a financial partner, the Bank will
participate in infrastructure and
socio-economic projects.. help
develop financial services.. in
Donbass and provide a whole
of range of banking services
to the population including
the payment of pensions
and allowances.
The Bank plans to start offering consumer and
mortgage loans later this year, issue credit
cards, provide acquiring and salary project
services --- as well as corporate lending with guarantees and letters of credit.
“Having become the first Russian bank which began to
operate in the DPR and the LPR, PSB aims to provide
access to a broad range of banking services to
residents and businesses of the Republics...
& assist in the economic development of
each region, strengthen their financial
stability, modernize commercial,
industrial, transport and social
infrastructure -- and raise the
well-being ---- and quality of
life of the local population, ”
the press service quoted
Fradkov as saying.
Promsvyazbank was established in 1995. Its head
office is located in Moscow. It is in the top ten of
Russian banks.. by the size of assets. PSB is a
strategic loan organization and a base bank
for defense orders operations since 2019.
The Bank obtained the permit to operate
in the DPR earlier this month.
Large Donetsk retailer
to start working in
liberated areas
- shortly
June 7th, 3pm (DAN)
The first Republican supermarket store will launch
its brand shop in Volnovakha later this month, a
representative of the retail chain marketing
department told the Donetsk News
Agency on Tuesday.
“We plan to launch a PRC chain store in Volnovakha
in June,” the representative said.” It is going to be
our retail chain’s first store in liberated areas of
the Donetsk People’s Republic.”
The retail chain will consider more outlets in
liberated settlements as they rebuild their
infrastructure, she added.
The first supermarket in the DPR market, opened in
2014. At present, PRC is one of the largest retailers
in Donbass. Its outlets service more than 100,000
customers daily. The retail chain brings together
some 70 supermarkets in 16 DPR towns.
DPR highlights
May 31st, 5:15pm
Mariupol
Mariupol port has resumed stevedoring operations. A
bulk carrier sailed from the sea port for the first time
since the liberation of the city from the Ukrainian invaders. A Russian vessel of the type Slavutich,
will deliver 2,500 tons of metal products
to Rostov-on-Don.
DPR Head, Denis Pushilin, visited Mariupol on
this occasion. He called the port preparation
''tremendous work'' in terms of scope and
complexity. In the future, the port will
handle all kinds of cargoes.
It will become the main trans-shipment hub
for supplies of construction materials and
equipment for rebuilding of the Republic.
Specialists have already inspected the
port facilities. Electricity and water
supply are to be restored by the
end of June.
Humanitarian situation
Talks are underway over the operation of Russian
telecommunications companies in the Republic.
Repairs of the housing stock have
begun, after the fighting in
liberated Novotroitskoye.
A large poultry farm outside Volnovakha
has relaunched production.
Children of participants in the special military
operation, have gone to Crimea on holiday.
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DPR to nationalize part of vessels
that remained in Mariupol port
— Pushilin
May 31st, 9:11am (DAN)
A part of the vessels that remained in the Mariupol
sea port will pass into the ownership of the
Donetsk People’s Republic, DPR Head
Denis Pushilin told reporters
on Tuesday.
''A part of the vessels will transfer to the jurisdiction
of the Donetsk People’s Republic; the appropriate
decisions have already been made, so it’s
already clear which flags they will fly,''
Pushilin said. ''These vessels will
be renamed.''
When asked if the DPR now has a merchant fleet,
the DPR leader answered in the affirmative.
Mariupol’s trade port was fully freed from
Ukrainian gunmen, on April 13th; the
demining works were completed..
on May 25th. Earlier on Tuesday
...the first bulk carrier sailed from the Mariupol port.
Ten Russian regions take on patronage of DPR cities and regions
May 30th, 12:23pm (DAN)
Ten Russian regions have taken on patronage of
DPR cities and regions, the Republic’s Embassy
in Moscow said.
The Moscow Region... will be supporting
and supervising the development of the
Telmanovo and the Novoazovsk Regions;
the Kursk Region is taking patronage
of Pervomaisk District, Sverdlovsk
Region, plus the Khanty-Mansiysk
Autonomous Okrug; Ugra aids
Makeyevka; Yasinovataya is
aided from the Chelyabinsk
Region; Enakiyevo — from
Leningrad Region; Gorlovka
from Kemerovo Region;
Snezhnoye from the
Samara Region; and
Khrazysk — from
Nizhniy Novgorod
Region.
Samara delivers utility equipment
and ambulances to Snezhnoye
May 27th, 12:48pm (DAN)
Samara regional authorities have delivered
utility equipment and ambulances to
Snezhnoye in the DPR to carry out
utility works in the town.
The DPR Head Denis Pushilin and the Governor
of the Samara Region Dmitry Azarov attended
the event.
“Now a serious, wide program is being launched, as
regions of the Russian Federation take patronage
over cities and regions (in the DPR). The Samara
region was one of the 1st to put it into practice,
the corresponding agreement will be signed.
But even today, the necessary equipment
has been delivered before the signing,"
Pushilin said.
Three KamAZ side loader garbage trucks, a KamAZ
dump truck, a KamAz-based drain cleaning truck,
a bulldozer, a grader, a Gazel Duet Lada 21310
4×4 vehcile, two Lada 1310 4×4 ambulances,
and two Ford intensive care ambulances,
have been delivered to Snezhnoye today
and will remain there until the work
is complete.
The Samara region has also provided computers
and equipment, for School. No 8, in Snezhnoye.
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Russia sends 150 tons of
glass panels for repair
works to DPR
May 27th, 9:01am (DAN)
Russia has shipped 150 tons of glass to the DPR
as part of its humanitarian effort, the Republic's
Minister of Construction, Housing and Public
Utilities, Vladimir Dubovka said.
"The glass is part of the humanitarian effort of the
Russian Federation. The first batch.. of 150 tons
has arrived. Storage facilities were designated
in coordination with local administrations,
earlier. The panels' size is 160*130 cm,
four trucks are unloading in Donetsk,
and five other vehicles headed to
Mariupol, and one more to
Volnovakha," he said.
A new delivery of glass panels is expected soon.
The glass will be used to reconstruct housing and
other objects, the degree of destruction of which,
does not exceed 30%.
Debaltsevo authorities promise
quick help to Svedlodarsk
residents in rebuilding
homes
May 24th, 10:59am (DAN)
The Debaltsevo authorities will provide quick assistance
to residents of the liberated Svetlodarsk, in rebuilding
their homes, Debaltsevo mayor Igor Zakharevich told
the Donetsk News Agency on Tuesday.
''We are going to our kin, and return our near and dear
Svetolodarsk to the fold; it has been cut off from the
town of Debaltsevo, for so many years,'' Zakharevich
said. ''It's our native land. We will open the road to traffic, and I will go there in person; construction teams will arrive for repairs. They will also carry out repairs, after yesterday’s dam explosion, which damaged windows in houses; we will carry out the repairs quickly.''
The authorities will promptly deal with the issues
of pension and welfare payments in the town.
''The services are on stand-by. There’s much
work to do,'' he added.
Russian coalition forces reportedly entered
Svetlodarsk, on Tuesday morning. The
Debaltsevo mayor confirmed to the
Donetsk News Agency that the
Svetlodarsk Town Hall, is
flying a Russian flag.
Svetlodarsk is located 18 kilometres north of
Debaltsevo. It was founded in 1968. On April
29th, 2014, a rally in the town adopted a
resolution: in support of the Donetsk
People’s Republic independence
referendum.
Activists replaced the Ukrainian flag on the Town Hall -
with the flag of the DPR. However, the Ukrainian army
took the town in the summer of 2014. The town
accommodates the Uglegorskaya thermal
power plant, one of the largest in Europe.
Donetsk National University students to get degrees from Russia’s top university
May 24th, 10:57am (DAN)
The Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU)
and Donetsk National University (DonNU) are planning to sign a cooperation agreement
to develop online programs, DonNU First
Vice-Rector, Valentina Dubrovina, told
reporters on Tuesday.
''Joint programs will enable our students to get
a degree from the Moscow State University,''
Dubrovina said.
DonNU Rector Svetlana Bespalova is currently
leading a university delegation, which will
discuss areas of cooperation with MSU
officials, at a two-day conference
in Moscow.
Joint programs are expected to be available, starting
the next academic year. Plans are in place for joint
research, teacher advanced training and access
to the MSU Computer Centre, for
Donetsk scientists.
Founded in 1937, DonNU currently provides
training to 15,000 students at
13 departments.
MSU is one of Russia’s oldest and largest classic
universities. It was established in 1755 and
comprises 15 research institutes, 41
departments and six branches. It
has a student body of some
40,000 and 10,000
foundation year
students.
Registry offices re-open,
patriotic mural installed
at school --- amid the
unceasing shelling
May 23rd, 5:43pm (DAN)
Ukrainian armed formations fired more than 100
rounds on the DPR on Monday, injuring civilians
and causing damage to housing. Here are the
key events so far on Monday, May 23rd
Fighting
Kiev forces continued shelling of DPR territories,
subjecting Yasinovataya to MLRS Grad fire.
Several districts of Donetsk, Golmovskiy,
Ozeryanovka, Shkhta Gagarina were
targeted as well.
Two civilians were injured in Donetsk.
A number of buildings in Donetsk
and Gorlovka sustained damage.
Other news
A delegation from Russia arrived in Makeyevka,
to draft a plan of assistance to the town, it
also delivered humanitarian aid,
including medications.
State registry offices opened in Mangush and
Volodarskiy. They provide consultation and
public services, such as registering births and deaths.
A number of sport instructors resumed work
in a number of liberated towns, after having
been certified with the DPR authorities.
A patriotic mural has been installed on a wall
of the School No.47 at the Universitetskaya
street. An elderly lady carrying the Soviet
Flag is depicted on the concrete canvas,
accompanied by a young woman in the
Soviet military uniform, against the
silhouette of the Motherland Calls
monument.
Construction camp is
being set up in Mariupol
May 23rd, 4:55pm (DAN)
The Ministry of Construction, Housing and Communal
Services of the DPR is looking for a location for a
construction camp in Mariupol, the press service of the Ministry said.
''In Mariupol, we have to find sites to store equipment,
building materials, to set up a tent camp, where
construction workers will be arriving. Now we
are working it out,'' the interlocutor said.
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A huge construction
project unfolds in
the DPR
May 21st, 1:41pm
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It is not only rebuilding houses destroyed by the war
with the Ukrainian Nazis, but also road construction.
The head of the DPR head’s administration,
Oleksiy Nikanorov, has reported.
“It is not only the restoration of damaged facilities
and communications, but also those that have
not been repaired since the Soviet era,”
he said.
The official also said that a system of training and
recruiting people into construction professions
is already being built, and that pay will be
significantly increased.
All-Russia students competition
now open for DPR & LPR youth
May 20th, 12:17pm (DAN)
Young people from the DPR and LPR will join the All-
Russia student competition of projects "Your Move",
organized with the support of the Ministry of
Education and Science and the Agency for
Youth Affairs of the Russian Federation.
Today, the presentation of the competition program
took place, the event was held via video link and
joined three venues in Moscow, Donetsk
and Lugansk.
“'Your Move' is making a new move... this year, towards
the guys who live in the Donetsk & Lugansk People's
Republics and we invite them to actively participate.
I know, that thousands of applications have already been submitted,” the Minister of Science & Higher
Education of the Russian Federation, Valery Falkovsaid, opening the ceremony.
The DPR Head Denis Pushilin, Minister of Education
and Science of the Republic Mikhail Kushakov,
Minister of Youth, Sports and Tourism
Alexander Gromakov also attended.
About a hundred students and
school graduates took part
in the event.
“Now you have unique opportunities, you open up new
horizons for yourself. What is 'Your Move'? This, is
very cool, and I honestly, sincerely envy you with
white envy, because we didn’t have this,”
Pushilin addressed the audience.
"Your move"... the first large-scale competition for
Russian students, was first held in 2021 with the
support of the Ministry of Science and Higher
Education... and the Federal Agency for Youth Affairs of the Russian Federation.
Students' projects are accepted in 11 categories,
such as development of youth environment,
improving the natural environment,
popularizing science & education,
healthy lifestyles and sports.
Social and business projects are also
admitted. The main prize is 1 million
rubles, and the opportunity to
travel across Russia.
Several Russian regions
to help rebuild Mariupol
as resort - Pushilin
Mariupol, May 18th, 2:02pm (DAN)
Several Russian regions will help rebuild Mariupol
after the military action, the DPR Head, Denis
Pushilin, told journalists today.
“Mariupol will be assigned to more than one region
(of Russia), since it is a large city, and there is
massive destruction. Several regions are very likely to respond to help rebuild the city,” he said.
According to Pushilin, the city is
planned to be developed... as
a resort.
"This is the desire of the people. At the same time,
the authorities do not abandon plans to restore
industrial enterprises. Everything that is
“alive” is planned to be restored,''
he added.
Mariupol is the largest city on the coast of the Sea
of Azov, one of the key centres of metallurgy in
Donbass and a major seaport. The battle for the city began on February 25th.
Mariupol has been liberated.
DPR nationalizes water, energy,
railroad facilities, and banks'
property in liberated areas
Donetsk, May 16th, 8:59am (DAN)
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Water supply and drainage, and rail road infrastructure, the property of Ukrainian
banks in the liberated areas and energy
facilities in the DPR, have been
nationalized, in accordance
with the decrees of the
State Defence
committee.
No compensation is provided
to the previous owners.
Rental agreements, ownership rights of legal
entities and natural persons, are rendered
null and void.
Water facilities are transferred to the Voda
Donbassa water company management,
and it will provide its services in the
liberated areas in accordance with
DPR tariffs, and is tasked with
setting up a payment system
in the liberated areas.
Electrical facilities are transferred to Energy of
Donbass, State Main Grid Company, Regional
Energy Supply Company, & Donetsk Railway
on the right of economic management, and
they will provide their services in the
liberated areas, in accordance
with DPR tariffs.
Rail-road facilities... are transferred to Donetsk
Railway on the right of economic management,
and it will provide its services in the liberated
areas in accordance with DPR tariffs.
Property rights of Ukrainian banks in the liberated
areas are terminated, all the valuables in bank
safes, ATMs, vaults, payment terminals are
treated as the property of the Central
Republican Bank. Transactions
on the alienation of property of
Ukrainian banks made after
February 19th, are also
rendered null and void.
The decrees were signed by the Chairman of
the State Defence Committee - Head of the
DPR Denis Pushilin on May 14th and
entered into force from the date of
signing. The documents apply
to relations that arose from
February 19th, 2022.
Four Mariupol bus routes back
in operation, mayor says
May 14th, 10:35pm DAN.
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Four bus routes have been launched in liberated
Mariupol, local mayor Konstantin Ivaschenko
told DAN.
"We have already launched four bus routes,
and are working to relaunch trolleys and
trams," he said.
Electrical public transport is also to make
a return soon, Ivaschenko added.
The first bus route was put back into operation
on May 4th, after the city had been liberated.
Mariupol is the largest city on the coast of the Sea
of Azov, one of the key centres of metallurgy in
Donbass and a major seaport. The battle for
the city began on February 25th.
Currently, Mariupol has been liberated.
Starokrymsky reservoir
supplies water to
Mariupol - mayor
Donetsk, May 12th, 11:38am (DAN)
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The Starokrymsky reservoir has begun to supply water to Mariupol, in the test mode, city mayor Konstantin Ivaschenko told the Donetsk News Agency, on Thursday.
“We’ve already begun to supply water from the
Starokrymsky reservoir,” Ivaschenko said.
“We’re testing residential areas' water
mains... for leaks.”
The Starokrymsky Water Treatment Plant has
been reconnected to the power grid which
actually launched the electricity supply
to the city, he added.
A lack of centralized water supply is currently one of
the most acute city problems. During the fighting in
the city residents used heating radiators, fire plugs
and even drainage, to get water. The situation
improved, after the liberation of the larger
part of the city. Water delivery has been
arranged for the population, since.
Several dozen tons of water are
delivered to Mariupol, daily.
Mariupol is the largest city on the Sea of Azov coast,
a key Donbass metallurgy centre, and a seaport.
Clashes for Mariupol began, on February 25th;
the city was fully blocked in the course of the
fighting and then cleared of the invaders.
Pushilin:DPR becomes symbol of
historical justice and resilience
of Russian spirit
Donetsk, May 11th 8:48am (DAN)
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According to the leader of the country... the
people of the Republic show an example of ...how to protect their land, values, truth,
and future and demonstrate an example
of mass heroism and integrity.
''Today, a new stage in our life is the liberation of
the territory of the DPR within its constitutional
boundaries. Like the entire history of our state,
this stage --- is not easy. But the Republic was
born to win, and we will achieve our goals.''
''A peaceful future, lies ahead of us. Together with
Russia, we will restore what has been destroyed,
and make our land even better,” the Head said,
wishing happiness and prosperity to all
the residents of the Republic.
The DPR, 8 years ago, held a referendum on the region’s self-determination. More than 75 percent of the region’s residents attended the plebiscite.
Almost 90 percent of voters -- voted in favour of Donbass sovereignty.
DPR launches first road police
department in Mariupol
May 5th, 5:18pm (DAN)
The Donetsk People’s Republic has opened its first
road police department in Mariupol, the DPR
Interior Ministry press service reported
on Thursday.
“In Mariupol, a road police department at 16 Makar
Mazai Street has begun operation. It provides legal
support to drivers, consults residents of liberated
areas on vehicle operation and helps with car
registration,” the Interior Ministry said.
The Mariupol road police department tasks include
traffic safety in the city, assistance to drivers,
accompanying humanitarian aid convoys
and population outreach.
“In case of road accidents and the need for urgent
help or other contingencies, drivers can use
round-the-clock hotline 071-526-92-18,”
police said.
Earlier reports said that DPR had opened police
departments in city districts and suburbs.
Mariupol is the largest city on the Sea of Azov coast, a
key Donbass metallurgy centre and seaport. Clashes
for Mariupol began on February 25th; the city was
fully blocked in the course of the fighting and
then cleared of the invaders.
Normal life will be restored
in Mariupol – Denis Pushylin
May 5th 8:54am
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The residents of Mariupol are asking a lot of questions.
They are especially interested in whether the city will
be restored, when children will go to school and how
their recreation will be organised.
Both First Deputy Head of the Presidential
Administration, Sergei Kiriyenko, and
Secretary of the General Council of
the United Russia party, Andrey
Turchak, assured... that the
residents of this long-
suffering city will not
be left alone with
their problems.
“The city will definitely be rebuilt – the whole of Russia
will come to the rescue. In summer children will have
a rest in health resorts of the Russian Federation,
including Crimean resorts. In the meantime, they
received an ABC book of Donbas as a gift and
vied with each other for their questions.
These children should never know
the horrors of war again”, – said
Denis Pushylin, head of the DPR.
Donetsk begins to trade with
Russian-controlled Ukrainian
territory - Pushilin
Mariupol, April 28th, 6:02pm (DAN)
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Trade and economic relations... are already in effect, between the Donetsk People’s Republic and Ukrainian areas controlled by the Russian
armed forces, DPR Head, Denis Pushilin, told
journalists, during his visit to Mariupol on Thursday.
“This work(trade & economic relations with
Ukrainian areas controlled by the Russian
army - eds Donetsk News Agency)... is
already underway; product exchange
is already running in the test mode;
the DPR ships products to those
destinations and they supply
their products here,”
Pushilin said.
The DPR will step up this work. “Of course Kherson vegetables and water melons
will be supplied to the DPR,” he said.
On Thursday... the DPR leader made a working
trip to Mariupol. He visited the seaport, talked
with its personnel.. & inspected port facilities
and ships berthed there. He also visited the
“United Russia” humanitarian aid centre
in the Ecomarket area.
Earlier, the DPR/LPR United Economic Council
permitted economic entities from the Kharkov,
Kherson & Zaporozhye regions to ship goods
purchased from Russian residents, via the
Donbass Republics customs space.
These goods cannot be sold in the
Republics.. and have to leave the
DPR/LPR customs space within
five working days... after
registration. The transit
right does not apply to
alcohol and tobacco.
More than 100 agricultural
enterprises from liberated
areas register in DPR
Donetsk, April 27th, 11:39am (DAN)
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One hundred and nine enterprises of the
agricultural industry located in liberated
territories of the DPR, have now been
officially registered as Republican
entities, the Ministry of Agro-
Industrial Policy and
Food said.
The vast majority of enterprises, about 88%,
specialize in crop production, namely the
cultivation of cereals, legumes, oilseeds, melons, vegetables, root crops and tubers.
Approximately 6% specialize in essential
products, in particular bread and bakery
products. There are also enterprises
producing butter and animal fats,
soft drinks and mineral waters.
In addition, about 4% of enterprises are
engaged in animal husbandry: breeding
sheep and goats, pigs and poultry.
As reported earlier, DPR farmers sowed
about 3,000 hectares of liberated land
with barley and peas.
DPR files case against neo-Nazi Biletsky
who threatened missile strike at
Immortal Regiment
Donetsk, April 26th, 7:31pm (DAN)
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The Donetsk People’s Republic Prosecutor
General’s Office has instituted criminal
proceedings against Andrey Biletsky,
one of the leaders of Ukrainian neo-
Nazis who founded the “Azov” group
(banned in the DPR), the PGO press
service reported on Tuesday.
“Prosecutors found out that on April 22nd, 2022,
Andrey Biletsky, in an interview with Ukraine’s
NTA television channel, called for extremist
actions, i.e. particularly serious crimes
such as ethnically-motivated hate
murders,” the press service said.
In the interview, Biletsky commented on the
plan of the liberated Mariupol’s authorities
to organize an Immortal Regiment march
in the city on May the 9th.
The neo-Nazi leader threatened a missile strike
at the participants of the march, saying that
Ukrainian armed formations were capable
of “delivering an adequate and powerful
answer” using Tochka-U
tactical missiles.
The PGO said that Biletsky’s actions are
covered by a DPR Criminal Code Article
325, Part 2 (public calls for extremism
made with the use of mass media).
The article carries a maximum
penalty of five years in prison.
Mariupol is the largest city on the Sea of Azov
coast, a key Donbass metallurgy centre and
seaport. Clashes for Mariupol began on
February 25th; the city was fully
blocked in the course of the
fighting and then cleared
of the invaders.
Andrey Biletsky, is the founder and
a commander of the “Azov” armed
group, head of the National Corps
neo-Nazi Party. He took part in
the punitive operation against
Donbass - and repeatedly
issued barbaric orders
- to deliver strikes at
peaceful towns in
the region.
In 2019, he suggested using the Israeli
experience on the DPR and LPR: give
up the measures on a peaceful
settlement of the conflict,
return Ukrainian troops
to positions, shut down
the checkpoints and
stop any water and
electricity supply
to the Donbass
Republics.
DPR to nationalize
unclaimed unfinished
buildings
April 25th, 8:16pm (DAN)
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The DPR authorities are to nationalise
unfinished buildings --- unless their
owners make themselves known
and register the objects under
construction, the State
Defence Committee
decided today.
Decision no.27, published today on the DPR
Head's official website, tasks the Ministry
of Construction with endorsing a registry
and applicable procedures & documents
within 2 days to account for unfinished
buildings and register them.
Local authorities are to attribute
addresses to such objects in
the case that it has not
been previously done.
The document applies to specially designated
land plots where construction started before
May the 14th, 2014, in accordance with
construction permits and, as of the
date of entry into force of this
document, the procedure for
accepting such facilities in to operation has not been
carried out, or has not
been completed.
This decision does not apply to individual
residential, garden and country houses,
household buildings and structures,
or extensions to them.
Unfinished buildings must be declared by
the owners within the next 14 days, and
registered by the relevant authority
within five days from the date of
filing in the application.
Social tensions decreasing
in Mariupol - mayor
Donetsk, April 21st, 12:58pm (DAN)
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Mariupol administration head Konstantin
Ivaschenko said that social tensions
were gradually decreasing in the
liberated city areas thanks to
relief supplies delivered
to residents.
“We’ve set up eleven centres, that provide
assistance to the population, and five or
6 more such centres will appear in new
liberated areas,” Ivaschenko told the
Donetsk News Agency. "Social
tensions where these centres
operate, have slightly...
decreased.”
“We handed out up to 7,000 food kits per person
on certain days in the “Metro” area (former
shopping mall, which accommodates the
humanitarian aid centre sponsored by
the “United Russia” Party - eds
Donetsk News Agency)”... he
said - adding that more than
ten mobile volunteer groups
work in the city. They pass
foodstuffs to residents in
the most deprived and
dangerous areas.
“Some said that volunteers from Ukraine and
Baltic states bring relief supplies here... No,
don’t believe anyone; there is no such thing.
Only humanitarian missions from Russia
and the Donetsk People’s Republic
work here,” Ivaschenko said.
Mariupol is the largest city on the Sea of Azov
coast, a key Donbass metallurgy centre and
seaport. Clashes for Mariupol began...... on
February 25th; the city was fully blocked
in the course of the fighting.
The mopping up operation against the Ukrainian gunmen in the city, is nearing completion.
On March the 31st, the DPR Head, Denis Pushilin,
ordered to set up the Mariupol administration. He appointed former Mariupol City Council
deputy, Konstantin Ivaschenko, as its head, on April the 6th.
Humanitarian situation
in liberated areas
improving – DPR
ombudswoman
Donetsk, April 19th, 7:27pm (DAN)
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The humanitarian situation in the settlements
liberated from the Ukrainian army is visibly
improving, Donetsk People’s Republic
ombudswoman, Darya Morozova,
told the Donetsk News Agency.
“Every time we visit them, we see towns and
settlements in liberated areas revive, as
people come out into the street, to get
humanitarian aid. Water delivery has
been arranged there, and welfare,
medical and education centres
are operating, etc,”
Morozova said.
“So --- people see that the situation is changing
for the better and that work proceeds by leaps
and bounds. All ministries and departments
are operating; they’re doing a tremendous
job. Of course, one would like to do it
faster, but I believe that they’ve
already done an excellent job."
“All the heads of the ministries and departments
do their best. I see that all executives including
the head of the Republic are completely
dedicated to their state and people.
If things keep running in this vein,
we’ll rebuild all our state in the
near future,” she said.
Seven hospitals in liberated areas
apply for registration in DPR
Donetsk, April 15th, 9:49am (DAN)
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Seven medical institutions.. in the liberated
DPR territories, have begun the registration
procedure in the legal field of the Republic,
the press service of the Ministry of Health
told DAN.
“Employment in healthcare institutions and
payment of wages is possible after the re-registration of institutions in the
Donetsk People's Republic and
the issuance of the relevant
documents. The process... of registration of 7 health
care institutions, has
already begun,” the
Ministry said.
The hospitals in question are located in Volnovakha, Volodarskiy and Mangush.
Volnovakha registry office
issues its first DPR
birth certificates
Donetsk, April 13th, 9:51am (DAN)
The Volnovakha registry office has issued
its first DPR birth certificates, the DPR
Ministry of Justice said.
"The first DPR birth certificates have been issued
by the Volnovakha registry office of the DPR
Ministry of Justice," the report reads.
Four newborns in Volnovakha have been
registered as born in the DPR.
The Volnovakha registry office opened
on March 22nd, soon after the city was
liberated from the Ukrainian militants.
It issues birth and death certificates,
provides consultations on registry
services not only for Volnovakha
residents, but also for the
surrounding areas.
More than 500,000 DPR residents
lack water, hot meals, essential
services - Emergencies Ministry
April 12th, 10:09am (DAN)
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Fighting has left more than 500,000 people in the Donetsk People’s Republic without
water, heat and gas supply, hot meals
and communications, the DPR
Emergencies Ministry press
service reported, Tuesday.
“More than 500,000 residents are living without
water supply, hot meals, heat or gas supply,
fixed line or mobile communications and
the Internet,” the report said.
Retreating Ukrainian armed formations partially
destroyed houses, social infrastructure and
bridges on local roads between
settlements, the press
service said.
Artyom becomes most
popular male name
in DPR
April 11th, 3:33pm (DAN)
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The Ministry of Justice of the DPR presented a
list of the most popular names for newborns
for the first quarter of this year.
The Department of Civil Registry of the
Department of State Registration of the
Ministry of Justice of the DPR reported
that in the first quarter of 2022, during
the state registration of birth --- the
most popular boy names --- were:
Artyom, Daniil, Maxim, Alexander,
Matvey, Vladimir, Ivan, Kirill, and
Dmitry...
whereas Sofia, Milana, Anna, Eva,
Maria, Alisa, Veronika, Arina,
Ksenia, and Victoria, were
the girls most popular
names.. the report
reads.
In the third quarter of last year, the following
names were popular: Alexander, Artem,
Maxim, Mikhail, Matvey, Kirill, Dmitry,
Sofia, Maria, Milana, Eva, Ksenia,
Anastasia, Polina, and Victoria.
Artyom has a special place in the history of
Donetsk. Comrade Artyom (Fyodor Sergeyev)
was a prominent revolutionary at the start
of the 20th century --- and the founder of the Donetsk-Krivoy Rog Soviet Republic.
Cities, mines and even an island were named
after him in Soviet times. The main street of
Donetsk is called Artyoma Street, and the
monument to the revolutionary is
located in the city centre.
In occupied Artyomovsk, the monument to
Sergeyev was demolished - as part of the
so-called law on the "decommunization"
of Ukraine in 2015, and a year later the
city was renamed to Bakhmut.
Schools in the liberated
territories switch to
Russian teaching
standards
April 10th, 3:04pm
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The head of the DPR, Denis Pushilin, said that
new textbooks and literature are already
being delivered to the educational
institutions, as the books
available in the school
libraries... openly
promote Nazism.
The information in these textbooks is prepared
quite professionally, on grant money with the
participation of the Soros Foundation and
UN organizations.
“We will deal with this separately, and
the General Prosecutor’s Office and
the Investigative Committee have
already become involved. In the
sense that Nazism was written
about for children with money
from foreign organizations”, – the leader of the
Republic said.
Earlier, Denis Pushilin ruled out the possibility
of a full-scale offensive by the AFU in Donbas.
United Russia leads humanitarian
action in Donbass --- as it
contributes 65% of aid
Donetsk, April 8th, 10:32am (DAN)
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More than 6,500 tons of humanitarian aid have
been delivered to the DPR by the Russian
political party, United Russia, since the
start of the operation to demilitarize
and denazify Ukraine, Andrei
Turchak, Secretary of
the General Council
of United Russia,
told DAN.
“Statistics show that at the moment (United
Russia has delivered) about 65% of all
humanitarian aid in the DPR as part
of the humanitarian convoys of the
Ministry of Emergencies, because
we send in the aid collected by
regional offices countrywide,
as of today, it is more than
6.5 thousand tons,”
Turchak said.
He added that the aid includes
food, personal hygiene items,
necessities, clothing,
and bedding.
“In fact, our central warehouse in Rostov-on-
Don is chock-full. That is, the aid keeps
coming and coming in. As the convoys
arrive, we bring it in to Donbass,”
Turchak said.
People’s Frontto open
missions in DPR, LPR
Donetsk, April 7th, 1:15pm (DAN)
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The All-Russia People’s Front (ONF) plans to
open permanent missions in the Donetsk
and Lugansk People’s Republics.
A humanitarian aid distribution centre will be
set up in Donetsk; earlier... the ONF opened
one in Lugansk, ONF Executive Committee
Chairman, Mikhail Kuznetsov, told the
Donetsk News Agency.
“We decided to open People’s Front missions in
the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics
on the same day when Russia recognized
the independence of the Donbass states,”
Kuznetsov said. “On April 6th we opened
a warehouse... and a humanitarian aid
distribution centre in Lugansk. We’ll
open a similar centre in Donetsk in
the near future.. and then we’ll
register the ONF permanent
missions... in accordance
with DPR and LPR laws.”
The organisation’s current priority is to help
residents of the Donbass Republics. “Our
task is to help people in the DPR and the
LPR; because we’re one people and
don’t leave our own behind,”
he said.
“As recently as March 20th, we were the first to
deliver humanitarian cargo to Mariupol, jointly
with the all-Russian Student Rescue Corps
& the Emergency Situations Ministry and
handed out food kits... on Shevchenko
Avenue,” the ONF representative said.
The All-Russia People’s Front is a social
movement established in 2011 at the
initiative of Russian President
Vladimir Putin.
Its objective is to consolidate political and
public forces to resolve priority tasks of
Russia’s development.
The ONF... controls the implementation of
the decrees & instructions of the Russian
president, fights corruption, squandering
...and ineffective government spending,
helps improve standards of living and
protects citizens’ rights.
Earlier, the ONF, together with the Donetsk Republic social movement organized a
New Year program ------ with gifts for
children from DPR frontline areas
and wounded children.
Ministry of Construction draws
plans to build new housing
in Mariupol, Volnovakha
April 6th, 1:46pm (DAN)
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Experts of relevant ministries and agencies of
the DPR have developed projects of new multi
-storey buildings in Mariupol & Volnovakha,
Ruslan Teryaev, head of the Construction
Industry Development Department of the
Ministry of Construction, Housing, and
Communal Services, said... following a
meeting at the Ministry of Construction.
“A meeting of representatives of various
relevant & municipal departments has
been held regarding the possibility of
building new houses in the liberated
territories. So far, we are talking only
about Volnovakha and Mariupol,"
Teryaev said.
“During the discussion, a number of
proposals for further work were
recorded.”
At the meeting, the heads of the Design
Institute, & water, heat & gas supplying enterprises, and land management...
considered possible sites for the
construction, discussed issues
of connecting new buildings
to communications.
“In the near future, all participants will submit
their proposals on options for providing
communications to ensure an
uninterrupted construction
process,” Teryaev said.
Earlier, DPR Head Denis Pushilin announced his
intention to build a new residential area in the
liberated Volnovakha, where 85% of the
housing was destroyed by shelling.
DPR launches Mariupol
infrastructure rebuilding
assessment
Donetsk, April 5th, 10:41am (DAN)
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Donetsk People’s Republic specialists have
begun to examine residential buildings and
social infrastructure facilities in Maripul to
assess the possibility of their rebuilding,
the DPR's Construction and Housing and
Utilities Ministry press service told the
Donetsk News Agency, on Tuesday.
“Our specialists... have already begun to examine
damaged facilities in Mariupol, in DPR-controlled
areas,” the press service said.
“Physical damage estimates, are not ready yet,
but we already have an idea of the situation in
the city,” a press service representative said.
She added that Ministry officials were meeting
... later today, to discuss Mariupol rebuilding.
Mariupol, the largest city on the Sea of Azov
coast, is a key Donbass metallurgy centre
and seaport. Clashes for Mariupol began
on February 25th; it was fully blocked in
the course of the fighting.
Italian musician --- to film
documentary for Europeans
on Kiev crimes in Donbass
April 4th, 1:03pm (DAN)
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Italian activists are to film a documentary
about the residents of the liberated cities
of Volnovakha and Mariupol, said David
Cacchione, the leader of an Italian
antifascist band Banda Bassotti.
“We have visited Volnovakha and Mariupol,
talked to the locals --- who survived all the
horrors of the war, Ukrainian atrocities.
We must show the film in Europe so
that everyone can see... the truth
about what is happening, about
what Ukraine has done,”
Cacchione said.
He added that the film will be based on the
stories of local residents, the crimes of
Kyiv against civilians, as well as the
restoration of a peaceful life in the
liberated areas by the authorities
of the DPR.
“To us --- everything that is happening here
is the struggle of Donbass against Ukraine. Unfortunately, Europe does not realize that
fascism rules in Ukraine now, we can see
it here, nationalist battalions "Donbass"
and "Aidar" are an example. They
exterminate -- the population of
Donbass. Since we understand
that the war started here in
2014, we understand what
Russia is doing now. It is
ending this war,” said
Francesco Sabuzi, a
co-organizer... of the
Carovana Antifascista
project - joining more
than 50 people from
nine countries.
They are delivering humanitarian
aid to Donbass on a regular basis.
Banda Bassotti is an Italian ska-punk band
formed in 1987 in Rome, Italy. Their songs
are generally political in nature, focusing
on anti-Fascist issues. They perform in
Italian, Spanish, English, Japanese,
Basque, Yiddish and Russian.
Ukronazis take away
aid from civilians
April 3rd, at 11:15am
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Social networks are reporting that fighters
of nationalist battalions are taking away
humanitarian aid from civilians in the
temporarily controlled territories
of Donbas.
It is reported that people even under fire
come to the part of the city where the
humanitarian aid convoy will be
located.
Afterwards, representatives of the National
Security Forces arrive there with guns in
their hands, and they prohibit them from
receiving humanitarian aid – they take
it for themselves.
And this is not an isolated case, as we know from the people who are there now.
DPR to revise Development
Programme-2025 to include
needs of liberated territories
Donetsk, April 1st, 12:55pm (DAN)
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The restoration and development of the
liberated territories will be taken into
account in the program of socio-
economic development of the
DPR for 2022-2024, Minister
of Economic Development,
Aleksey Polovyan,
told DAN.
''As for the target indicators of the socio- economic development plan, they were
drawn up for the territory of the DPR
without taking into account ... the
liberated territories, respectively.''
''The current situation, requires adjustments. The nvestment programs will be reviewed
in all areas of infrastructure, in terms of taking into account.. the need to solve problems in the liberated territories,''
Polovyan said.
''In particular, roads and rail capital investment
plans will be revised, as well as investments
in water supply and in treatment systems,
repairs of residential & social facilities,
the restructuring of coal enterprises,
of power generation and supply to
customers, & communications.''
Today, the top priority, according to the
minister, is the liberation of the entire
territory of the Republic and the
assessment of the remaining
industrial potential.
''In the near future, the issues of registration of
business entities should be resolved, and
later... the focus will be on finding the
resources to restore and build new
industrial ties,'' Polovyan said.
The socio-economic development program was adopted... in September 2022. It includes raising wages and pensions creating tens of thousands of jobs, business support measures, and infrastructure development.
Water supply problem
reaches catastrophic
proportions
- Donetsk mayor
March 30th, 10:17am (DAN)
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The water supply situation in the Donetsk
People’s Republic capital is catastrophic,
city administration head Alexey Kulemzin
said in his address to the local population.
The Seversky Donets - Donbass canal is the
main water supply source for Donetsk.
Strikes by Ukrainian armed formations
caused power outages at the key
water supply facilities including
Yuzhnodobassky Duct’s 1st
level pumping station.
Water has been supplied to the city from a
backup reservoir since; several Donetsk
districts have been cut off from water
supply since early March.
“Dramatic shortages prompted the authorities
to reduce water supply but this did not solve
the problem. The water reserve will be
depleted within two weeks. On March
30th --- the city will turn off central
heating. It is a forced measure, to
save the water which is daily fed
to heat distribution networks,”
the city mayor said.
Earlier, the Yasinovataya mayor
announced a similar measure.
On Monday, the authorities decided to reduce
water supply to two hours every other day.
Earlier, they turned off hot water
for customers to economize.
DPR plans to build ducts
for alternative water
supply sources
March 29th, 12:59pm (DAN)
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Donetsk’s main water reservoir has become
shallow and can only be used for slightly
more than a month, Donetsk People’s
Republic Emergencies Minister
Alexey Kostrubitsky said
on Tuesday.
“The water supply situation is difficult; a
decision has been made to reduce the
water supply. In Donetsk, water will be
supplied for two hours within a 48-hour
period; this schedule will enable the
reservoir to last for 35 to 40 days;
otherwise the city will run out of
water in two weeks,” Kostrubitsky
said on Russia 24 news channel.
“During this time, we plan to build
supply lines from alternative
sources.”
The Seversky Donets - Donbass canal is de-
energised through Ukraine’s fault and DPR
specialists have no opportunity to carry
out repairs, he added.
The DPR began to have water supply problems
after Ukrainian forces delivered strikes at key
water supply facilities. The Republic
suspended or reduced water supply
in a number of settlements. For
example, water is supplied
from 19:00 to 21:00 every
other day in Donetsk and
from 18:00 to 21:00
every three days
in Makeyevka.
Forty liberated townships
included in DPR
administrative
districts
February 28th, 9:49am (DAN)
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The DPR Head Denis Pushilin has included
the next 40 townships into the Republican
civil administrations' responsibility zones.
The decree No.106 has been published
today on Pushilin's website.
The townships of Malovidnoye, Bakhchevik,
Druzhnoye, Obilnoye, Zaporozhskoye, are
included in the zone of influence and the
responsibility of Telmanovsky district.
Also, the villages of Kirovskoye, Privolnoye,
and Polkovoye and Vesyeloye, were
temporarily subordinated to this
district administration.
The city of Ugledar, as well as the villages of
Taramchuk, Slavnoye, Stepnoye, Sladkoye,
Urozhainoye, Zolotaya Niva, Prechistovka, Pavlovka, and Novomayorskoye, are
temporarily included in the area of
responsibility of the Donetsk
mayor's office.
The settlements of Aslanovo, Khersones,
Yalta, Azovskoye, Portovskoye, Glubokoye,
Demyanovka, Lesnoye, and the villages of
Kirovo, Yuryevka, Melekino, Belosarayskaya
Kosa, Buryakovaya Balka, Ogorodnoye, Urzuf,
Kamyshevatoye, Starodubovka, Chervonaya
Ukraina, Zakharovka, Babakh-Tarama, and Novoyanisol, are temporarily subordinated
to Novoazovsky district administration.
A total of 133 cities and towns... have been liberated by the Russia-led coalition, so far.
DPR Emergencies Minister on
humanitarian situation, key
problems in liberated areas
March 22nd, 11:41am (DAN)
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Rescuers receive hundreds of messages from
residents of liberated areas of the Donetsk
People’s Republic, every day, head of the
Interdepartmental Operations HQ, DPR's
Emergencies Minister, Civil Defense
Service Lieutenant-General Alexey
Kostrubitsky, told the Donetsk
News Agency on Tuesday.
“We hear many words of gratitude for our work
but also receive hundreds of reports on local
problems; such as appeals to deliver
humanitarian aid to bedridden
patients, or help a chairbound
pensioner get out of the cellar
and take them to hospital,”
Kostrubitsky said.
“They often ask us to defuse explosive
objects lying in their yards. There is
much work to do; we’re working.”
The minister said that the humanitarian situation in the liberated areas mostly
depends on how heavy the fighting
there had been.
The common problems include a large
amount of explosive hazards and the
need to restore gas, electricity and
water supplies, plus demolished
residential areas, and mobile
communication.
Emergencies Ministry staff help repair the
electricity grid and electrical substations.
“We want to restore a normal, peaceful
and quiet life for our compatriots, as soon as possible,” he said.
On March 1st, the DPR Head Denis Pushilin
approved the provision on the Interdepart-
mental Operations HQ to coordinate
priorities in the life support of the
population in the liberated areas,
and appointed DPR Emergencies
Minister, Alexey Kostrubitsky, to lead it.
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DPR sets up Mobilization
Postponement Commission
March 18th, 10:30am (DAN)
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The DPR Head Denis Pushilin has established
the Inter-ministerial Commission to review
mobilisation postponement requests.
He also approved the temporary
regulation on the postponement.
Deputy Chairman of the Government Vladimir
Antonov, Chief-of-Staff of the People's Militia
and Deputy Chairman of the Commission
Denis Sinenkov, First Deputy Minister of
State Security Dmitry Ivanov, First
Deputy Head of the Administration
of the Head of the DPR Gennady
Lebed, Minister of Finance Yana
Chausova, Minister of Revenue
and Fees Yevgeny Lavrenov,
Minister of Agricultural
Policy and Food Artem
Kramarenko, Minister
of Industry and Trade
Vladimir Ruschak,
Minister of Transport
Dmitry Podlipanov and
Minister of Coal and
Energy Anatoly
Nesterenko are
members of the
Comission.
Mobilization postponement will be granted to
essential public officers, for up to 6 months.
The mobilization was announced in the DPR
on Febraury 19th, when the situation on the
line of contact escalated dramatically.
DPR reopens hospitals
in liberated territories
March 16th, 8:34am (DAN)
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Nineteen medical institutions have resumed
operation in the liberated areas of the DPR,
special attention is given to pregnant
women and children, the DPR's
Ministry of Health said.
"Nineteen medical institutions have resumed
operation in the liberated areas of the DPR,
they are supplied with medications for outpatient care.''
''Face-to-face consultations are available
every day. Special attention is given to pregnant women and children."
Russia started a special military operation to
denazify & demilitarize Ukraine on February
24th. Russian President Vladimir Putin said
that the decision was made after the DPR
& LPR Heads addressed him asking
for help.
The Russian leader said that Moscow is not
planning to occupy Ukrainian territory, the
only goal is to protect people who have
been continuously shelled & subjected
to other forms of genocide by Ukraine,
for eight years.
Impressively large, fast
construction projects
in western Mariupol
June 21st, 2:17pm (DAN)
Less than a week ago, Mariupol launched a large
construction project to build a neighbourhood of
12 five-storey apartment houses with an
outpatient hospital... by the winter.
Hundreds of people are working on the construction
site on the premises of the former Azovsky market.
They pour concrete for foundations and
simultaneously break ground for new
ones, unload construction materials
and lay service lines, working
around the clock.
The Russian Defense Ministry is project supervisor.
It has a considerable experience in building
infrastructure, for example prefabricated
medical centres which mushroomed
during the coronavirus pandemic.
Tractors, trailer trucks, cranes, shouts of builders
and the sound of working machinery create an
atmosphere which would normally cause
irritation and discomfort.
But here, despite the background of frames
of abandoned apartmentbuildings which
had been damaged by Ukrainian gun-
men fire, this activity makes one
happy as it gives hope for the
revival of the city and its
return to normal life.
Earlier reports said that it is planned to build almost
100,000 square metres of living space (over 1,000 apartments) in the area. Half of the houses will
be commissioned by October, and the rest,
together with the hospital, a month later.
Construction projects are implemented by companies
from three Russian regions in other parts of Mariupol.
Mariupol is the largest city on the Sea of Azov coast,
a key Donbass metallurgy centre and seaport. It was
liberated from Ukrainian troops on April 21st, 2022.
The city housing stock and infrastructure sustained
