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[[File:Donbass.png|thumb|Highlighted region before the 2022 Russian Invasion: Donbass; Red: people's republics]] | [[File:Donbass.png|thumb|Highlighted region before the 2022 Russian Invasion: Donbass; Red: people's republics]] | ||
'''Donbass''' (Russian: Донбасс; Ukrainian: Донбас) is a region in eastern [[Europe]]. It includes eastern [[Ukraine]] and the people's republics of [[Donetsk People's Republic|Donetsk]] and [[Luhansk People's Republic|Luhansk]]. There has been a war in Donbass since 2014 between the people's republics and the Ukrainian government.<ref>{{News citation|author=Peter Leonard|date=2014-04-14|title=Yet another government building, military airport seized in east Ukraine|newspaper=Yahoo News Canada|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140414125950/https://ca.news.yahoo.com/ukraine-special-forces-sent-eastern-city-retake-buildings-082049113.html|archive-date=2014-04-14}}</ref> Most people in Donbass speak Russian as their primary language.<ref>{{News citation|title=About number and composition population of UKRAINE by All-Ukrainian population census'2001 data|url=http://2001.ukrcensus.gov.ua/eng/results/general/language/|newspaper=State Statistics Committee of Ukraine}}</ref> | '''Donbass''', also stylized as '''Donbas''', (Russian: Донбасс; Ukrainian: Донбас) is a region in eastern [[Europe]]. It includes eastern [[Ukraine]] and the people's republics of [[Donetsk People's Republic|Donetsk]] and [[Luhansk People's Republic|Luhansk]]. There has been a war in Donbass since 2014 between the people's republics and the Ukrainian government.<ref>{{News citation|author=Peter Leonard|date=2014-04-14|title=Yet another government building, military airport seized in east Ukraine|newspaper=Yahoo News Canada|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140414125950/https://ca.news.yahoo.com/ukraine-special-forces-sent-eastern-city-retake-buildings-082049113.html|archive-date=2014-04-14}}</ref> Most people in Donbass speak Russian as their primary language.<ref>{{News citation|title=About number and composition population of UKRAINE by All-Ukrainian population census'2001 data|url=http://2001.ukrcensus.gov.ua/eng/results/general/language/|newspaper=State Statistics Committee of Ukraine}}</ref> The region of Donbas is also included in [[Federal State of New Russia|Novorossiya]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20140608053925/http://ukrainianpolicy.com/welcome-to-new-russia/ Welcome to New Russia]</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 20:49, 3 July 2022
Donbass, also stylized as Donbas, (Russian: Донбасс; Ukrainian: Донбас) is a region in eastern Europe. It includes eastern Ukraine and the people's republics of Donetsk and Luhansk. There has been a war in Donbass since 2014 between the people's republics and the Ukrainian government.[1] Most people in Donbass speak Russian as their primary language.[2] The region of Donbas is also included in Novorossiya.[3]
References
- ↑ Peter Leonard (2014-04-14). Yet another government building, military airport seized in east Ukraine Yahoo News Canada. Archived from the original on 2014-04-14.
- ↑ "About number and composition population of UKRAINE by All-Ukrainian population census'2001 data". State Statistics Committee of Ukraine.
- ↑ Welcome to New Russia