Divided Ukraine
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The parliament of the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) in southeastern Ukraine has passed a constitutional act on a confederation with the neighboring Lugansk People's Republic (LPR).

"The DPR Supreme Soviet passed a constitutional act on the unification of the DPR and LPR on a confederative basis into the Union of People's Republics," the DPR said on its official website on Twitter.

A list of DPR deputies to the parliament of the Union of the People's Republics has been approved.

The DPR and LPR proclaimed independence from Kiev after the May 11 referendums on their self-determination.

On May 24, the two republics signed a treaty on the creation of the Union of the People's Republics under the name of Novorossiya.

Earlier, South Ossetia officially recognized the Lugansk People's Republic's sovereignty.