'''Republik Rakyat Donetsk''' ({{lang-ru|Донецкая Народная Республика}}, ''{{transl|ru|Donétskaya Naródnaya Respúblika}}'', {{lang-uk|Донецька Народна Республіка}}, ''{{transl|uk|Donets'ka Narodna Respublyika}}'') adalah sebuah [[Daftar negara dengan pengakuan terbatas|negara pengakuan terbatas]] yang diproklamasikandiproklamirkan berdiri di [[Oblast Donetsk]], [[Ukraina]], pada 7 April 2014 oleh sejumlah aktivis yang menduduki kantor pemerintahan dan balai kota di [[Donetsk]].<ref name=nytime2-april162014>{{cite news|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/17/world/europe/ukraine-crisis.html?hp&_r=0|title=Ukraine Push Against Rebels Grinds to Halt|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|quote="pro-Russian separatists reportedly seized the City Hall building in the provincial capital of Donetsk; they had already controlled the regional administration building."|accessdate=17 April 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/kiev-says-russia-provokes-trouble-in-eastern-ukraine-just-as-in-crimea/2014/04/07/8242ee71-465b-4113-91be-93f8bfa67ff1_story.html|title=In Donetsk, several hundred protesters who had occupied a regional administration building declared a "People’s Republic of Donetsk"|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=7 April 2014}}</ref><ref name=BBC100a6414>{{cite web|publisher=[[BBC News Online]]|date=6 April 2014|url=http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-26910210|title=Ukraine: Pro-Russians storm offices in Donetsk, Luhansk, Kharkiv|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140410204735/http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-26910210|archivedate=2014-04-10|deadurl=no|access-date=2014-08-03}}</ref> Pendudukan kemudian menyebar ke kota-kota lain di Oblast Donetsk.<ref name=kpslov>{{cite news|last=Rachkevych|first=Mark|title=Armed pro-Russian extremists launch coordinated attacks in Donetsk Oblast, seize buildings and set up checkpoints|newspaper=Kyiv Post|date=12 April 2014|url=http://www.kyivpost.com/content/ukraine/armed-pro-russian-extremists-seize-police-stations-in-donetsks-slavyansk-shaktarysk-fail-to-take-donetsk-prosecutors-office-343195.html}}</ref> Negara ini berbatasan dengan [[Ukraina]], [[Rusia]] dan [[Republik Rakyat Lugansk|Lugansk]].<ref name="kpost14-04-11">{{cite news|first=Mark|last=Rachkevych|url=https://www.kyivpost.com/content/ukraine/pro-russian-separatists-dig-in-at-donetsk-government-342977.html|title=Donetsk separatists hold oblast government headquarters|location=Donetsk|newspaper=Kyiv Post|date=10 April 2014|accessdate=11 April 2014|archivedate=2014-04-10|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140410232055/http://www.kyivpost.com/content/ukraine/pro-russian-separatists-dig-in-at-donetsk-government-342977.html|quote=[...] home to the self-proclaimed People's Republic of Donetsk.}}</ref><ref name="jazeera14-04-07">{{cite news|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/europe/2014/04/protesters-seize-arms-ukrainian-city-20144772324155489.html|title=Ukraine activists declare Donetsk sovereignty|newspaper=[[Al Jazeera]]|publisher=[[Al Jazeera Media Network]]|archivedate=2014-04-11|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140411083536/http://www.aljazeera.com/news/europe/2014/04/protesters-seize-arms-ukrainian-city-20144772324155489.html|date=7 April 2014|accessdate=11 April 2014|quote=Pro-Russian activists who seized the main administration building in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk have proclaimed the creation of a sovereign "people's republic" independent of Kiev rule.}}</ref>
Aktivitas negara ini dikepalai oleh [[Denis Pushilin]], sebuah kelompok yang telah dilarang oleh pemerintah Ukraina semenjak tahun 2007. Pada 16 Mei 2014, Republik ini dinyatakan sebagai organisasi teroris oleh Ukraina.<ref name=terrorist>{{cite news|url=http://www.kyivpost.com/content/ukraine/ukraines-prosecutor-general-classifies-self-declared-donetsk-and-luhansk-republics-as-terrorist-organizations-348212.html|title=Ukraine's prosecutor general classifies self-declared Donetsk and Luhansk republics as terrorist organizations|newspaper=[[Kyiv Post]]|date=16 May 2014}}</ref> Hingga kini, Republik Rakyat Donetsk hanya memperoleh pengakuan dari 3 negara yaitu, [[Rusia]]<ref name="nyt10">{{cite news|last=Higgins|first=Andrew|title=In Eastern Ukraine, a One-Building, Pro-Russia Realm Persists Despite Criticism|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/10/world/europe/ukraine-russia.html|newspaper=The New York Times|date=11 April 2014|quote="an imaginary new nation that nobody, not even Russia, recognizes."}}</ref>, [[Korea Utara]], dan [[Suriah]].
