Contact Group and subgroups to hold talks on Oct 13 and 14
15:51, October 12, 2020

Donetsk, Oct 12 – DAN. The Contact Group and its four subgroups are to hold talk on Tuesday and Wednesday, the DPR Foreign Ministry said. “The meetings of the Contact Group and its working groups will take place on October 13 and 14 in the videoconference mode.” The four subgroups are expected to meet on […]

Ukrainian army shells railroad repair team
15:01, October 12, 2020

Donetsk, Oct 12 – DAN. Ukrainian forces opened fire on a repair team working at the railroad outside Yasinovataya, the DPR mission to the Joint Centre for Control and Coordination (JCCC) said. “Despite previously issued security guarantees Ukrainian armed formations fired at a repairs team that was working at the railroad line between the Donetsk […]

Ukrainian forces open mortar fire on Yakovlevka outside Yasinovataya
13:49, October 12, 2020

Donetsk, Oct 12 – DAN. Ukrainian forces opened mortar fire targeting the outskirts of Yakovlevka south-west of Yasinovataya, the DPR mission to the Joint Centre for Control and Coordination (JCCC) said. “Ukrainian armed formations fired three 82 mm caliber mortar rounds targeting Yakovlevka from the direction of Avdeyevka (ventilation shaft of the Butovka mine) at […]

DPR resident sentenced to 10 years in prison for espionage
12:50, October 12, 2020

Donetsk, Oct 12 – DAN. A DPR resident has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for spying in favor of Ukrainian security service, the DPR Prosecutor General’s Office press service said. A criminal investigation by the DPR Ministry of State Security revealed that a DPR resident was recruited by Ukrainian security service in 2016 […]

Kiev forces violate ceasefire once in 24 hours
10:40, October 12, 2020

Donetsk, Oct 12 – DAN. Ukrainian forces violated the ceasefire once over the past 24 hours, the DPR mission to the Joint Centre for Control and Coordination (JCCC) said. “Over the past 24 hours, the number of registered violations was one.” Anti-tank guided missiles were used to target the Donetsk Airport area. The Additional Measures […]

DPR reports 86 new COVID-19 cases in 24 hours
13:36, October 11, 2020

Donetsk, Oct 11 – DAN. DPR has registered 86 new cases of COVID-19 as the total number of confirmed cases climbed to 4,556, the Ministry of Health said. “The Ministry of Health reports that three patients were discharged from hospitals after two negative tests, eight people died.” Overall, 2,238 patients recovered, 289 died, while 2,029 […]

Kiev forces locate missile systems in residential areas of Mariupol
15:48, October 09, 2020

Donetsk, Oct 9 – DAN. Ukrainian forces deployed Strela-10 missile systems to Mariupol area and located them on private territory, said DPR People’s Militia deputy chief-of-staff Eduard Basurin. “The installment of three Strela-10 surface-to-air missile systems in a residential area on the Mariupol outskirts has been reported,” he said. Members of the 36th separate marine […]

Kiev forces violate Additional Measures to Strengthen the Ceasefire 179 times
14:37, October 09, 2020

Donetsk, Oct 9 – DAN. Ukrainian armed formations have violated the Additional Measures to Strengthen the Ceasefire 179 times since they came into force on July 27, said DPR People’s Militia deputy chief-of-staff Eduard Basurin. “We have recorded 179 violations of the Additional Measures since they came into force,” he said. On 76 occasions ban […]

Bus carrying Donbass Opera artists meets with accident
12:29, October 09, 2020

Donetsk, Oct 9 – DAN. A bus carrying artists of the A.Solovyanenko Donetsk State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre met with an accident on the way to Moscow, the Theatre press service told the Donetsk News Agency on Thursday. “At around 16:00, one of the three buses carrying theatre artists who were going to a […]

DPR confirms 200 new COVID-19 cases in 24 hours
12:01, October 09, 2020

Donetsk, Oct 9 – DAN. DPR has registered 200 new cases of COVID-19 as the total number of confirmed cases climbed to 4,362, the Ministry of Health said. “The Ministry of Health reports that 22 patients were discharged from hospitals after two negative tests, 16 people died, among them men aged 62 and 75, and […]

Kiev forces violate ceasefire three times in 24 hours
10:59, October 09, 2020

Donetsk, Oct 9 – DAN. Ukrainian forces violated the ceasefire twice over the past 24 hours, the DPR mission to the Joint Centre for Control and Coordination (JCCC) said. “Over the past 24 hours, the number of registered violations was two.” Anti-tank guided missiles, RPGs and SPGs were used to target the Donetsk Airport area […]

DPR reports new explosions in Kiev-controlled area next to contact line
21:51, October 08, 2020

Donetsk, Oct 8 – DAN. Three explosions occurred in the Ukrainian-controlled Vodyanoye village area northwest of Donetsk, the Donetsk People’s Republic Office at the Joint Centre for Control and Coordination (JCCC) reported on Thursday. The explosions reportedly occurred at 16:45. Ninety minutes earlier, explosions were recorded in the Peski settlement area in the vicinity of […]

JCCC records four explosions in Ukrainian-held territory outside Donetsk
18:02, October 08, 2020

Donetsk, Oct 8 – DAN. Four explosions occurred in the Ukrainian-controlled Peski settlement area northwest of Donetsk, the Donetsk People’s Republic Office at the Joint Centre for Control and Coordination reported on Thursday. “At 15:30, four explosions in the Peski settlement area were recorded,” the report said. Earlier on Thursday, Ukrainian forces used anti-tank missiles […]

DPR archaeologists find medieval nomadic tribes artefacts
16:42, October 08, 2020

Donetsk, Oct 8 – DAN. Donetsk Republican Museum of Local History’s archaeological expedition has discovered nomadic tribes artefacts dating back to 8th – 9th century A.D. in the Donets Ridge area, senior researcher at the Museum’s Archaeological Sites Protection Department Eduard Kravchenko said at a press briefing at the Donetsk News Agency on Thursday. “We […]

91 new COVID-19 cases in DPR over 24 hours, 26 patients recover
12:23, October 08, 2020

Donetsk, Oct 8 – DAN. Ninety-one new COVID-19 cases have been diagnosed in the Donetsk People’s Republic over the past 24 hours, the DPR Healthcare Ministry reported on Thursday. Twenty-six people have been discharged from hospitals with two negative test results for COVID-19, and eight patients have died since Wednesday, the report said. As of […]

Ukraine uses anti-tank missiles for first time since Additional Measures come into force
12:22, October 08, 2020

Donetsk, Oct 8 – DAN. Ukrainian forces fired two anti-tank guided missiles (PTUR) at the Donetsk airport on Thursday morning, the Donetsk People’s Republic Office at the Joint Centre for Control and Coordination (JCCC) reported. “At 06:40, Ukrainian armed formations fired at the Donetsk airport terminal expending two anti-tank missiles (PTUR),” the report said. Fire […]

Influenza and ARI below epidemic threshold, expected to peak in February 2021
17:07, October 07, 2020

Donetsk, Oct 7 – DAN. The number of influenza and ARI cases in the DPR is within normal seasonal fluctuation, below the epidemic threshold, the Ministry of Health said. “The influenza and ARI situation is positive, the rate of infected patients corresponds to normal seasonal fluctuation and two times below the epidemic threshold,” the report […]

Pushilin congratulates Russian President Vladimir Putin on his 68th birthday
14:38, October 07, 2020

Donetsk, Oct 7 – DAN. DPR Head Denis Pushilin has congratulated Russian President Vladimir Putin on his 68th birthday. “Donbass feels exeptional gratitude to you. We are endlessly grateful for your personal contribution into the settlement of the civil conflict in Donbass, for the precious humanitarian aid that not only sustained us but provided us […]

Kiev forces open fire on Yasinovataya this morning
11:24, October 07, 2020

Donetsk, Oct 7 – DAN. Ukrainian forces engaged Yasinovataya with small arms this morning, the DPR mission to the Joint Centre for Control and Coordination (JCCC) said. “Ukrainian armed formations opened fire directed at Yasinovataya at 9.22 a.m. using small arms.” The fire originated from Ukraine-controlled Avdeyevka. Ukrainian armed formations did not shell the DPR […]

Total number of COVID-19 cases in DPR surpasses 4,000
10:53, October 07, 2020

Donetsk, Oct 7 – DAN. The total number of patients diagnosed with COVID-19 since the outbreak of the pandemic has exceeded 4,000, the Ministry of Health said. “As of October 7, the total number of COVID-19 has reached 4,071,” the report reads. In the past 24 hours, 135 new cases were revealed; 16 people were […]