The explosion in Donetsk killed Alexander Zakharchenko, 42, who referred to himself prime minister of the so-called Donetsk People's Republic, a largely unrecognized breakaway state supported by Russia. Also identified as the DPR, the republic is designated as a terror group by Ukraine
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