DW Cultural life in Donetsk hit by clashes. (2014)

Donetsk National University Located in the City of Donetsk.

You Tube Donetsk.

Shutterstock Donetsk People's Republic images.

U.S. Department of Treasury U.S. Treasury Imposes Immediate Economic Costs in Response to Actions in the Donetsk and Luhansk Regions. (2022)

Donetsk News Agency

Emerging Europe News Donetsk People's Republic?

BBC News Ukraine rebels hold referendums in Donetsk and Luhansk. (2014)

The Atlantic In the Donetsk People’s Republic, Russia is everywhere, from the mailboxes to the license plates. Ukraine is nowhere. (2015)

Open Democracy After a series of sudden departures and murders in the “People’s Republics”, is Russia finally formalising its control in eastern Ukraine? (2019)

Crisis Group Rebels without a Cause: Russia’s Proxies in Eastern Ukraine. (2019)

Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group Russian-controlled ‘Donetsk republic’ claims more Ukrainian territory. (2019)

Equal Times The Donetsk People’s Republic, a state under construction or a ghost state? (2020)

Institute for War & Peace Reporting Some people are desperate to find a way to leave the de facto republics. (2020)

The Conversation Most people in separatist-held areas of Donbas prefer reintegration with Ukraine – new survey. (2020)

People's Dispatch Stalin and Voroshilov are back in Donbass: Donetsk and Luhansk to be renamed on Victory Day. (2020)

The Interpreter The Donbass conflict: Waiting for escalation. (2021)

Carnigie Moscow Center Merge and Rule: What’s In Store for the Donetsk and Luhansk Republics. (2021)

Human Rights Watch Armed Groups’ Arbitrary Pandemic Restrictions. (2021)

Washington Post Why are Donetsk and Luhansk in Ukraine’s Donbas region a flash point for Putin? (2022)

Meduza Russia recognizes independence of Donetsk and Luhansk ‘people’s republics’. (2022)

Aljazeera Donetsk and Luhansk: What you should know about the ‘republics’. (2022)

DW Donetsk and Luhansk in Ukraine: A creeping process of occupation. (2022)

The Guardian ‘Their golden hour’: Donetsk and Luhansk leaders revel in rising profile. (2022)

Defacto Donetsk People's Republic.

Wikipedia City of Donetsk

Freedom House Eastern Donetsk.

Marshall Center Moscow’s Calibrated Coercion in Ukraine and Russian Strategic Culture.

German Institute for Security and International Affairs Russia’s “Passportisation” of the Donbas: The Mass Naturalisation of Ukrainians Is More Than a Foreign Policy Tool. (2020)

Ukraine Travel Guide City of Donetsk.

WikiTravel City of Donetsk

Global Compliance News Sanctions for doing business in the Crimea and occupied territories in the East of Ukraine.