Ukrainian forces fire 210 artillery, mortar rounds at DPR frontline areas overnight
11:38, December 14, 2016

Donetsk, Dec 14 – DAN. Ukrainian forces fired 210 tank and mortar rounds at suburban Donetsk, Dokuchayevsk, Yasinovataya, Gorlovka and villages in DPR south since Wednesday evening, a DPR defense source told DAN. “From 6 p.m. to midnight Ukrainian side fired 210 tank and mortar rounds at Trudovskiye and Aleksandrovka villages west of Donetsk, Zaytsevo […]

500 houses damaged in frontline Staromikhailovka village during Donbass conflict
19:05, December 13, 2016

Donetsk, Dec 13 – DAN. More than 500 houses in DPR frontline Staromikhailovka village have been damaged or ruined by Ukrainian forces shelling since the beginning of Kiev offensive on Donbass, local authorities told DAN on Tuesday. “Five hundred and fifteen houses have been damaged or destroyed since the beginning of fighting,” a local administration […]

DPR ministry announces merger of 2 coalmines
18:34, December 13, 2016

Donetsk, Dec13 – DAN. DPR Coal and Energy Ministry said it is merging two coalmines to optimize their management and financial situation. “Shakhterskantratsit state-owned enterprise will stop operation shortly, pursuant to Ministry resolution No 128 of 1 December, 2016 and merge with state-owned Torezantratsit,” the Ministry’s press service said. Aside from updating management system and […]

Petrovskoye disengagement facilitates stabilisation – Hug
15:34, December 13, 2016

Donetsk, Dec13 – DAN. OSCE SMM Principal Deputy Chief Monitor Alexander Hug said disengagement of forces and hardware in Petrovskoye village helped improve the situation in the area. Hug, on inspection visit to the village, said “We are in a restive area, but the situation is more or less stable which shows that disengagement of […]

DPR ombudswoman accuses Kiev of manipulating prisoner exchange lists
15:06, December 13, 2016

On Monday, Morozova said officers of the Security Service of Ukraine had been pressing DPR detainees into signing requests to take their names off exchange lists

Kiev plans provocations to accuse DPR of Minsk agreements violation – Basurin
14:45, December 13, 2016

Donetsk, Dec13 – DAN. Ukrainian military prepared shelling provocations against occupied towns and villages to accuse DPR of Minsk agreements violations, DPR Operations Command deputy commander Eduard Basurin said at Donetsk News Agency on Tuesday. “Ukrainian Command plans shelling provocations along the contact line against settlements in Kiev-controlled territory,” Basurin said. According to DPR intelligence, […]

1,500 tons of munitions disguised as humanitarian aid delivered to Ukraine forces in Mariupol
13:42, December 13, 2016

Donetsk, Dec 13 – DAN. A bulk carrier delivered 1,500 tons of munitions to Ukrainian army, disguised as humanitarian cargo, DPR Operations Command deputy commander Eduard Basurin told a news briefing at Donetsk News Agency on Tuesday. “Our intelligence spotted the arrival of the Amal Neptun bulk carrier in Mariupol port with a military cargo […]

Kiev forces shell Donetsk water treatment plant 30 times over past month
12:01, December 13, 2016

Donetsk, Dec 13 – DAN. Ukrainian forces shelled Donetsk water treatment plant (DFS) area more than 30 times over the past month. “Last month alone, we recorded at least 30 DFS area shelling incidents, and DFS premises were hit several times,” said Konstantin Akulov who is charge of DFS Yasinovatskiy stretch. DFS stores 3.5 to […]

DPR domestic exports made to 18 countries in January-September
18:52, December 12, 2016

Donetsk, Dec 12 – DAN. DPR domestic products were exported to 18 countries in January-September this year, the Ministry of Industry and Trade reported. “In January-September 2016 the production was exported to 18 countries of the world. LPR was the main consumer – 41.9 percent, Russian Federation – 36.9 percent,” the report said. The major […]

DPR envoy: Kiev refused to adopt mechanism for prevention of ceasefire violations
18:16, December 12, 2016

Pushilin added that the initiative was welcomed by OSCE SMM representatives, LPR and Russain sides

Praviy Sektor extremists accommodated at boarding school in Avdeevka township
18:01, December 12, 2016

Donetsk, Dec 12 – DAN. Fighters of Ukrainian extremist group Praviy Sektor (Right Sector, a far-right Ukrainian nationalist political and paramilitary group of neofascist ideology) occupied a boarding school in Avdeevka, DPR Operations Command deputy chief Eduard Basurin told DAN. “In Avdeevka, the zone of responsibility of first battalion of 72nd brigade, a separate assault […]

DPR Defense: Kiev deployed over 40 artillery pieces to south axis
17:36, December 12, 2016

Donetsk, Dec 12 – DAN. Ukrainian forces reinforced their positions on the south axis with howitzers and self-propelled artillery pieces, said DPR Operations Command deputy commander Colonel Eduard Basurin. “Our intelligence keeps recording Ukrainian armed forces reinforcement of their positions,” he said. In Novotroitzkoye area (6km from the contact line, Mariupol axis) four 152mm Akatsia […]

Kiev threatens DPR detainees to make them renounce participation in POW swaps
16:07, December 12, 2016

Donetsk, Dec 12 – DAN. The officers of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) make DPR detainees sign written renunciations of being included in exchange lists, DPR ombudswoman Daria Morozova said. “I bring the public attention to the fact that the office of DPR commissioner for human rights receives information from illegally detained on the […]

Russian and DPR journalists come under Kiev fire in Sakhanka
15:40, December 12, 2016

The fire occurred just after OSCE SMM members had left the area

Kiev forces shell Aleksandrovka checkpoint west of Donetsk
14:37, December 12, 2016

Donetsk, Dec 12 – DAN. Kiev forces shelled the vicinity of Aleksandrovka checkpoint west of Donetsk this morning, a defense source told DAN. “At 7.00 a.m. Ukrainian side opened fire on Aleksandrovka checkpoint area when civilian vehicles and pedestrians were walking there,” the interlocutor said. Kiev forces used IFV cannons and a heavy machine gun. […]

DPR enterprise to make up for shortages of agricultural equipment spares
10:00, December 11, 2016

Donetsk, Dec 11 – DAN. Donbass-Agromash agricultural equipment manufacturer plans to launch domestic production of spares, enterprise director Andrei Lerman told Donetsk News Agency. “Many farmers lack agricultural equipment spares. We plan to make up for shortages,” Lerman said. He said Donbass-Agromash had conducted a monitoring to compose the list of vital spares the farmers […]

Donetsk Botanical Garden, one of the largest in Europe, to be renovated
9:00, December 11, 2016

Donetsk, Dec 11 – DAN. DPR scientists have embarked on developing renovation projects for the Donetsk Botanical Garden, one of Europe’s largest, DBG director Svetlana Prikhodko told Donetsk News Agency. “Renovation envisions upgrade of its gas-fired boiler house, pumping station and service lines,” Prikhodko said. “Works will run on 14 facilities. DBG has recently increased […]

DPR Defense: foreign instructors and mercenaries of 4 countries spotted in Kiev’s territory
15:28, December 09, 2016

Over the week DPR defense spotted military from Canada, Poland, Hungary and Slovakia

DPR Defense: 60 households in 10 townships damaged by Kiev forces over the week
15:08, December 09, 2016

Donetsk, Dec 9 – DAN. About 60 households in 10 townships across DPR were damaged by Ukrainian armed forces fire this week, DPR Operations Command deputy commander Colonel Eduard Basurin told a news briefing at the Donetsk News Agency on Friday. ‘Ukrainian terrorists damaged 59 households in Staromikhailovka (west of Donetsk); Leninskoye, Sakhanka and Kominternovo […]

DPR Command: Ukrainian forces shell Republic more than 10.5 thousand times over week
14:20, December 09, 2016

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