Donetsk is a releasable, located in the Donbas region of eastern 
Ukraine, and part of Europe 
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Sitting directly on the Ukrainian border with 
Russia, Donetsk faces the almost unavoidable threat of annexation from the country if it ever does break away. While it does have Severe Winter to provide it a defensive advantage at certain points, it is unlikely to escape the grasp of a Russian player.
Background
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The Donetsk People's Republic is a disputed entity created by Russian-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine. It began as a breakaway state (2014–2022) until annexed by Russia (2022–present). The DPR claims its borders to be all of Ukraine's Donetsk Oblast. The city of Donetsk is the contested administrative centre of the region.
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The DPR declared independence from |
Base Statistics
Economy
Donetsk has a starting income of about $204,733. $157,093 from tax and $47,640 from resources.
Resources
Military
| Base Manpower Capacity of Donetsk per Conscription Law | |
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| The following columns below present the manpower capacity from lowest (Disarmed) to highest (Required). RP stands for "Recruitable Population". | |
| Disarmed [1% RP] |
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| Volunteer [2% RP] |
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| Limited [5% RP] |
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| Extensive [10% RP] |
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| Required [25% RP] |
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Geography
Terrain
Donetsk is entirely flat.
Biome
Donetsk has no unique biome, with an exception of it being affected by Mild Winter in November, by Severe Winter in December and January, and it returns to Mild Winter in February.
Borders
It borders 
Luhansk (if released from Ukraine) to the northeast, Ukraine to the west and north, Russia to the southeast, and the Sea of Azov to the south.
Cities
Donetsk has 5 cities. The capital is Donetsk sitting at 988k population, which becomes square after a short while. The second biggest city is Mariupol at around 480,000 people. The nation has a total population of around 2,420,000 people.
Strategy
If Ukraine and is AI and all releasables are released
You should enable the policy Ignore Safety Regulations and quickly build a steel and motor factory( Remember to only purchase the needed resources when the factories are almost complete to save resources). While the factories are being built you can justify on Luhansk and 
Crimea and set your military doctrine to Massed Attack. After the justification Donetsk should have been a square city already and you can make tanks on them. When they are finished you can take over the previously said countries and with the money you received you should make fortifications (Only if Russia is a player and is not your ally), fertilizer, electronics and consumer factories to balance your stability and then you are free to expand into Ukraine and potentially conquering east and central Europe.
If Ukraine and is AI but no releasables are released
The steps are the same except that you are building an electronic factory at the start to trade to AI countries for money and make the rest of the factories first and making around 6-10 units of tanks before invading Ukraine.
If Ukraine is a player
Same as above except that after the factories are finished and you got your money, spend all your manpower on tanks, build fortifications and hold on for as long as you can before your allies come or the player quits.
Threats
- Russia colonizing you to form either the
Soviet Union or the 
Russian Empire. - Ukraine wanting to reintegrate you.
- Any Ukrainian releasable planning to reunite Ukraine.
Poland or 
Lithuania annexing Ukraine's core territories for the 
Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.- Crimea needs parts of Ukraine and Donetsk for the
Crimean Khanate. - Any country wanting to form the
European Union.
Trivia
- The Donetsk People's Republic, along with Luhansk, though de-facto independent in 2019, the game's start date, no longer hold that status due to an unrecognized September 2022 annexation by Russia.
- Although shown in-game, the DPR doesn't own all of the Donetsk Oblast.
- It is one of the only de-facto independent releasables, alongside
Abkhazia, 
Ambazonia, 
Artsakh, 
Kosovo, Luhansk, 
Northern Cyprus, 
Transnistria, 
Somaliland, 
South Ossetia, and 
Western Sahara.
| Removed | |
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| Europe |  Budjak
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| Asia |  Fujian •  Qinghai •  Sinkiang South Ossetia
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