The Latest Breaking News from Denis Pushilin

Donbas separatist leader urges cooperation with North Korea - KCNA

North Korea and the Russian-backed separatist Donetsk region of Ukraine will develop "equally beneficial bilateral cooperation", Donetsk leader Denis Pushilin said in a letter to Kim Jong Un, North Korean state media reported on Wednesday.

Reuters · Aug 16, 2022

Google blocked by separatists in Ukraine because it promotes ‘violence against Russians’

Denis Pushilin, head of the Donetsk People’s Republic says the search engine spreads ‘disinformation’

The Independent UK · Jul 22, 2022

Google to be banned in Ukraine’s occupied Donetsk and Luhansk regions

Leader of self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic accuses search engine of promoting ‘terrorism and violence against all Russians’

The Guardian - UK · Jul 22, 2022

U.S. veterans missing in Ukraine formed bond over background

The families of two military veterans from Alabama who are missing in Ukraine have joined together to seek information about their whereabouts

The Independent UK · Jun 16, 2022

Sievierodonetsk evacuation continues despite loss of main bridges

Civilians evacuated in ‘quiet’ moments as Russia shifts bulk of military efforts to capturing city

The Guardian - UK · Jun 14, 2022

Battle for Severodonetsk ‘terrifying’, says Volodymyr Zelensky

Volodymyr Zelensky has said the battle for Severodonetsk is “terrifying”.

Evening Standard · Jun 13, 2022

Kremlin pledges support after Donbas separatist leader calls for more Russian forces

Russia's main goal of its military operation in Ukraine is to protect the Donetsk and Luhansk people's republics, the Kremlin said on Monday, after the leader of one of the separatist regions asked for additional forces from Moscow.

Reuters · Jun 13, 2022

Vladimir Putin ally with power to pardon death row Brits 'sees no ground' to save them

Denis Pushilin is one of the few individuals with the power to save Brits, Aiden Aslin and Shaun Pinner, after they were sentenced to death, but has pre-empted the legal process to say he won't

Daily Mirror · Jun 12, 2022

Russia hammers eastern Ukraine city as world seeks to lift grain siege

KYIV, Ukraine: Kyiv's forces may have to retreat from the eastern city of Severodonetsk, a senior Ukrainian official conceded on Wednesday, as diplomatic efforts intensified to unblock grain stuck in Ukraine's ports.

Bangkok Post · Jun 8, 2022

Brit fighters captured in Ukraine could be executed, claims Russian state TV

British fighters Aiden Aslin, 28, Shaun Pinner, 48, and Andrew Hill, 35 - whose families have previously claimed they are members of the Ukrainian army - have been warned they may be executed despite neither Russia nor Ukraine permitting the death penalty

Daily Mirror · Jun 6, 2022