'''Donetsk''' {''pron: Don-yetsk'') is a city in [[Eastern Europe]] and capital of the [[Donetsk People's Republic]]. It has 976.000 inhabitants. 75% of Donetsk are Russian. Its current mayor is Oleksandr Lukyanchenko.
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'''Donetsk''' {''pron: don-yetsk'') is a city in [[Eastern Europe]] and capital of the [[Donetsk People's Republic]]. It has 976.000 inhabitants. 75% of Donetsk are Russian. Its current mayor is Oleksandr Lukyanchenko.
More than 600,000 residents of the Donbas region have received Russian citizenship since 2014.<ref>https://www.aa.com.tr/en/europe/russian-clout-grows-in-donbas/2423526</ref>
More than 600,000 residents of the Donbas region have received Russian citizenship since 2014.<ref>https://www.aa.com.tr/en/europe/russian-clout-grows-in-donbas/2423526</ref>