Denys Pushylin, so-called head of the pseudo-republic of the DPR
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Denys Pushylin is the so-called “head” of the pseudo-republic “DPR”. He supports policies that undermine the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine. He participated in the creation of political and public instability in the Donetsk region and the occupation of the regional administration in Donetsk in 2014.
Pushylin promotes the policies of Russian dictator Vladimir Putin in the region.
On the eve of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, he appealed to Putin to “provide assistance in repelling the military aggression of the Ukrainian regime.”
He called the full-scale hostilities in Ukraine a “war of liberation for Donbas.” He threatened that the so-called “DPR” was preparing a “tribunal” for Ukrainian prisoners of war.
*The material was created in cooperation with the Center for Countering Disinformation at the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine
Main statements
1. He stated that “the people of Donbas are reuniting after 8 years of arbitrariness of the Kyiv regime” (February 26, 2022)
He made the statement after the beginning of Russia’s criminal full-scale invasion of Ukraine. He also accused Ukraine of claiming that Russophobia is its national idea.
2. He thanked the Russian occupiers for invading Ukraine (February 27, 2022)
3. He claimed that Russia was “liberating Ukraine from Nazi ideology” (March 1, 2022)
He said that there is a “fight between good and evil” in Ukraine, calling the aggressor country Russia “good”. He accused the Ukrainian military of shelling civilians and civilian infrastructure objects. He called on civilians to put the letter Z on their cars in support of the Russian occupiers.
