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===Donetsk People's Republic and Russia (2014–present)===
After President [[Viktor Yanukovych]] fled Ukraine to seek asylum in Russia, Russian-backed separatists took over the [[Donetsk Regional State Administration Building|Regional State Administration Building]], the main government building, in Donetsk. The police did not offer resistance.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://gazeta.ua/ru/articles/politics/_v-donecke-neskolko-soten-radikalov-s-krikami-rossiya-shturmuyut-oga/545225 |title=В Донецке несколько сотен радикалов с криками "Россия" штурмуют ОГА |date=3 March 2014 |publisher=Gazeta.ua |access-date=3 March 2014}}</ref> Later in the week the authorities of Donetsk disallowed a referendum on the status of the region<ref>{{cite web|url=http://novosti.dn.ua/details/219796/ |title=Новости Донбасса :: The authorities of Donetsk region don't want a referendum and they opposed 'foreign scenarios' – video report |publisher=Novosti.dn.ua |date=9 March 2014|access-date=9 August 2014}}</ref> and the police retook the Donetsk OSA building.<ref>{{cite news|first=Lina|last=Kushch|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ukraine-crisis-donetsk-idUSBREA250CW20140306|title=Ukrainian flag again flies over Donetsk regional HQ|work=[[Reuters]]|date=6 March 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140307113744/https://www.reuters.com/article/2014/03/06/us-ukraine-crisis-donetsk-idUSBREA250CW20140306|archive-date=7 March 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|first=Andrew|last=Roth|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/08/world/europe/ukrainian-officials-in-east-move-to-blunt-pro-russia-forces.html?hpw&rref=world&_r=0|title=Ukrainian Officials in East Act to Blunt Pro-Russian Forces|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=7 March 2014|access-date=16 December 2016|url-access=subscription }}</ref> Donetsk became one of the centers of the [[2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine]].
[[File:2014-04-06. Протесты в Донецке 095.jpg|thumb|[[2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine|Pro-Russian protesters]] in Donetsk on 6 April 2014, as [[Russia under Vladimir Putin|the Kremlin]] deliberately stoked separatist sentiment among some local residents.<ref>{{cite news |title=In the Donbas region, 20 years of Russian propaganda led to war |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2022/04/23/in-the-donbas-region-twenty-years-of-russian-propaganda-led-to-war_5981389_4.html |work=Le Monde |date=23 April 2022}}</ref>]]
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The [[2015 IIHF World Championship Division I]], Group A was scheduled for 18 to 24 April 2015 in Donetsk, but Ukraine withdrew as hosts due to the ongoing conflict in the country.<ref>{{cite web |author1=Steven Ellis |title=Ukraine Withdraws as Hosts of 2015 Division IA World Championships |url=http://thehockeyhouse.net/international-hockey/ukraine-withdraws-as-hosts-of-2015-division-ia-world-championships/ |website=The Hockey House |date=15 August 2014 |access-date=23 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819085434/http://thehockeyhouse.net/international-hockey/ukraine-withdraws-as-hosts-of-2015-division-ia-world-championships/ |archive-date=19 August 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Instead of Donetsk, the tournament was organized in [[Kraków]], Poland. Eventually, Ukraine co-organized [[2017 IIHF World Championship Division I]], again Group A, but in its capital, [[Kyiv]].{{update after|2018}}<!-- history since 2017 is totally missing, including the eventful history in 2022 since the [[2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine]] -->
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