List of diplomatic missions of the Donetsk People's Republic explained

The Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) is a disputed entity in eastern Ukraine's Donetsk Oblast. The DPR historically sought to be recognised as independent after breaking away from Ukraine but was annexed by Russia on 30 September 2022. The status is now as an unrecognised Russian republic.

The DPR is closely linked to the Luhansk People's Republic (LPR), which has a nearly identical political status and history of formation.

The DPR has foreign relations with Russia,^{[1] [2]} North Korea,^[3] and Syria,^{[4] [5]} as of July 2022. The DPR also maintains relations with South Ossetia and Abkhazia, two breakaway states that are claimed by Georgia. The DPR and LPR mutually recognise each other.

Foreign relations of the Donetsk People's Republic

• – Donetsk People's Republic–Russia relations
• – Donetsk People's Republic–South Ossetia relations
  • Representative Office of South Ossetia, Donetsk

Embassies of the Donetsk People's Republic

• – in 2014, the DPR opened a Representative Office in Moscow^[6]

• Crimea – in 2016, DPR sympathizers opened a Representative Office in Simferopol
• – in 2015, a DPR Representative Office opened in Tskhinvali^[7]

See also

• List of states with limited recognition

Notes and References

1. News: Russia recognises Ukraine separatist regions as independent states . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220221205402/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-60468237 . 21 February 2022 . 21 February 2022 . BBC News. 21 February 2022 .
2. News: Wamsley . Laurel . 21 February 2022 . Putin recognizes breakaway regions' independence from Ukraine, raising attack fears . . live . 21 February 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220221201206/https://www.npr.org/2022/02/21/1082146367/putin-ukraine-donetsk-luhansk/ . 21 February 2022.
3. News: 13 July 2022 . Ukraine cuts N Korea ties over recognition of separatist regions . . 13 July 2022.
4. News: 2022-06-29 . Syria recognizes independence, sovereignty of Donetsk, Luhansk -state news agency . en . Reuters . 2022-06-29.
5. Web site: McFall . Caitlin . 2022-06-16 . Syria to become first to recognize Donetsk, Luhansk 'republics' in Ukraine in support of Russia's war . 2022-06-29 . Fox News . en-US.
6. https://www.mk.ru/moscow/2014/05/28/dnr-otkryla-predstavitelstvo-v-moskve.html ДНР открыла представительство в Москве (The DNR opened a Representative Office in Moscow), Московский Комсомолец 28 May 2014.
7. https://tass.com/world/792316 DPR and LPR opens representative office in South Ossetia, TASS 28 April 2015.