Take-over in DPR plotted by Russia - Ukraine's Security Service

"The more showdowns in Donbas are, the clearer it will be for everyone, including the international community, that they are the illegitimate power, that they hide behind the idle ideology," Tandyt said. He stressed that the Russian scenario was being implemented in the occupied part of Donetsk region. "They [the Russian Federation] are trying to promote their influence on the so-called "authorities" in Donetsk," Tandyt noted. As reported, the media reported on the take-over in the DPR. So-called DPR's parliament speaker Andriy Purhin was detained and Denys Pushylin was appointed instead.