Map of actual control in #Donetsk & #Lugansk People's Republics (#DPR & #LPR) at their greatest #defacto extent before joining #Russia (while still widely considered part of #Ukraine).

Retrospective article from last month on history of their #independence claims: https://polgeonow.com/2023/03/lugansk-donetsk-give-up-independence.html

#independence #defactostates #geography #geographyteacher #separatism #Luhansk #Donbas #parastates #protostates #statehood #UkraineWar @geography @geopolitics @PIL @politicalscience

#Donetsk and #Lugansk People's Republics (#DPR & #LPR) claimed #independence for 8 years until late 2022. New free PolGeoNow article summarizes the start, high point, and end of their independence quest, in plain English.

https://www.polgeonow.com/2023/03/lugansk-donetsk-give-up-independence.html

#defactostates #defacto #geography #geopolitics #geographyteacher #educational #explainer #Europe #Ukraine #Russia #Donbas

"Draftees from Russia’s Omsk ask for help from their governor and Putin, cite extortion from ‘DPR’ army and disbanding of their regiment"

https://novayagazeta.eu/articles/2023/02/18/draftees-from-russias-omsk-ask-for-help-from-their-governor-and-putin-cite-extortion-from-dpr-army-and-disbanding-of-their-regiment-en-news
#Military #War #Conflict #Russia #US #Ukraine #Allies #NATO #EU #Putin #Weapons #DPR #Omsk

Wives of soldiers from "#DPR" and "#LPR" who died fighting with Ukrainian Army, are given #fur coats.

"It's moments like these that make us feel like we are one #family" - they are told.

#RussianWarOfAgression
#RussiaIsATerroristState
#RussianWorld

2023-02-10 #video

#Prigozhin estimates how long it will take to reach #Dnipro, the English Channel, borders of #Donetsk and #Luhansk regions.

From "#Kyiv in three days" to "it will take up to two years to capture #DPR and #LPR"

#RussianWarOfAgression
#RussiaIsATerroristState
#WarCrimes

#MH17 #putin #dpr #hague

The MH17 trial: Putin made the decision to transfer heavy weapons to the so-called “DPR” militants

https://mil.in.ua/en/news/the-mh17-trial-putin-made-the-decision-to-transfer-heavy-weapons-to-the-so-called-dpr-militants/

RT @SimplyonWorld
Es gibt keine #Separatisten im #Donbass es war eine ausgeklügelte 🇷🇺🗑️List. Einige globale Medien bezeichnen die sog. #DPR/#LPR-Truppen immer wieder als "pro-🇷🇺Separatisten". Dieser sehr lange, dafür um so informativere Thread klärt über die 🇷🇺Propaganda auf. 👇🧵
#Ukraine https://twitter.com/MuKappa/status/1598132925085913088

🔗 https://www.passblue.com/2023/01/10/the-sahel-region-in-west-africa-a-top-10-conflict-spot-to-watch-in-2023-says-crisis-group/
The Sahel Region in West Africa, a Top-10 Conflict Spot to Watch in 2023, Says Crisis Group
Damilola Banjo

LAGOS — The International Crisis Group has listed the jihadist violence in the Sahel region in West Africa as one of the 10 violent flash points to watch in 2023.

#bokoharam #russiaukrainewar #sahelregion #terrorism #westafrica #africa #crisisgroup #sahel #Conflict #russiaukraine #niger #burkinafaso #mali #wagnergroup #DPR

"#Truce" for 36 hours from the #Russian side does not mean that the occupiers will not shoot, - the so-called "head" of the so-called "#DPR" #Pushilin

He noted that the Russian troops would not advance during the so-called "truce", but would defend themselves and open fire in response.

👉Who would have doubted.

⁉️ Here we go 😅💩🤡

“#DPR”s #Pushilin says there was never meant to be #ceasefire! Or actually, there was, but only for the #Orthodox people! Because #Ukraine is not an orthodox country! That’s why!

Main news of last night in #Ukraine

🔺#Russia is trying to shift responsibility for the destruction of the occupiers in #Makiivka to the "#DPR" and the #mobilized - ISW

🔺Occupants lost 500 people killed and wounded near #Chulanivka, #Kherson region - General Staff

🔺Defense forces repelled enemy attacks near 13 settlements and shot down 27 "Shahed" - summary

🔺 Occupants attacked the city of #Kramatorsk, #Donetsk region, late in the evening on January 2

Russian still throwing men into the meat-grinder of Bakhmut. Still no firm signs of progress. First World War tactics in 21st century.

RT @Suriyakmaps@twitter.com

Despite the latest advance it's very premature to say #RussianArmy & #DPR forces have entered in Bakhmut from the south. Only it's confirmed that the sound of the clashes can be hear now in the limits of the first buildings. The next hours of the new year will tell us more... https://twitter.com/Suriyakmaps/status/1609235262944444426

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/Suriyakmaps/status/1609249338068279310

Last night #DmitryRogozin was wounded in #Donetsk, celebrating his birthday in the company of militants. #ArtyomMelnikov, former top manager of #Roskosmos, and #VitalyKhotsenko, chairman of the #DPR government, also came under fire.

Now we can safely say that the restless #Rogozin found adventure on his fifth point - one of the fragments hit him in the buttock.

According to doctors, the fragment that fell into Rogozin's spine cannot be removed, his assistant said.

The National Police reported that the suspect was born in 1968 in #Mariupol, and in 2022 he was awarded the #DPR medals “For Courage” and “For the Liberation of Mariupol”. Judging by the description, we are talking about #DmitrySablin.

2/2

I'm not sure that's a lucky artillery strike. Rectangular box-like object on the left of the shot looks like might have had a directed charge. If he used that parking area regularly it could have been placed for a remote detonation. Plus no crater from an artillery round.

RT @markito0171@twitter.com

Moment when 🇷🇺collaborator deputy of the "#DPR" parliament Maria Pirogova killed in #Donetsk by artillery shell

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/markito0171/status/1600527522693009409

The so-called judge of the "Military Court of the #DPR" #ViktorIsaev died as a result of yesterday's shelling of #Donetsk, propagandists report.

He was 56 years old. Since 2014, Isaev has been cooperating with #Russia.

The #Russian operator #MTS continues to consider the so-called #DPR and #LPR to be #Ukrainian territory, despite the fact that #Putin has “assigned” these regions to the map of #Russia.

The leader of the "#DPR" #Pushilin announced a new #exchange of #prisoners in the format of 50 to 50. #Ukraine has not yet confirmed it.

RT @markito0171@twitter.com

Pavel Gubarev former Neo #Nazi leader, pro 🇷🇺 separatist & rival of Denis #Pushilin head of #DPR
reports the kidnapping of his wife in russian occupied town of Genichesk #Kherson

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/markito0171/status/1592824561804136449

#US citizen, crypto-investor #SuediMurekezi managed to be freed from #Russian captivity. He lived peacefully in #Kherson for several years, but in June the occupiers arrested him.

Murekezi took part in pro-#Ukrainian protests. But the Russians thought he was a #NATO soldier and sentenced him to the "#DPR", accusing him of "inciting inter-ethnic enmity". There was no contact with him for six months.

The fact that he is alive was reported by our already released prisoners. He then was released.