Remember them? The DPR are the separatist government.
The people who tell it like it is to the Kremlin.
The people who just gave three foreigners death sentences for fighting for Ukraine.
So, turns out they have a website with public domain reports now available in English, and both the 2019 and 2020 editions confirm that the Kremlin (and all its apologists all over the world) are LYING.
When even the people who are cited as the source of the allegations absolutely say very bluntly it's a complete load of bollocks, that's the time to admit, if you ever bought that bullcrap in February, you were punked by Putin's Propaganda Mill.
Here's the official report, from the DPR. Well, actually, numerous annual reports. So it's not even as if you can claim there was a typo somewhere. They really did the research.
https://eng.ombudsman-dnr.ru/annual-reports/
Preamble:
The Human Rights Ombudsman Office in the Donetsk People’s Republic presented its fourth Annual Report on the activities of the Human Rights Ombudsman during 2020.
It has been prepared pursuant to paragraph 1, Article 19 of the Law of the Donetsk People’s Republic of 3 April 2015, No. 30-INS on the Human Rights Ombudsman in the Donetsk People’s Republic. ...
It was also designed to highlight the pressing problems in human rights, to promote their observance and protection.
The presented results of Ombudsman’s activities were made possible through close cooperation with public authorities, administrations of cities and regions, civil society organizations, and dialogue with the judiciary.
From page 20-21:
It is worth noting that the signing of peace agreements helped to reduce the intensity of hostilities. Thus, the number of deaths among the residents of the Donetsk People's Republic decreased by 9 times in 2017 compared to 2014, in 2019 - almost by 17 time, in 2020 - by 50 times. These dynamics reflect the measures within the package of Measures for the Implementation of the Minsk Agreements, as well as ceasefire agreements. At the same time, a decrease in casualties among the civilian population was facilitated by the unlimited truce announced in Donbass on 21 July 2019.
Since 1 January 202, as a result of the armed conflict in the territory of the Donestk People's Republic, 44 people have been killed.
And from the conclusion:
Reducing losses 50-Fold compared to 2014 indicates the possibility of returning to a peaceful life. This positive trend became possible, first of all, thanks to the work of the Contact Group for the settlement of the conflict in
Donbass. In particular, the entry into force on July 27 of this year of additional measures for an open-ended ceasefire showed that a lot can be achieved with mutual desire.
Now, the 2021 report (not on this page yet) does suggest a higher number for 2021. There are draft diagrams suggesting the TOTAL number of deaths in that 12 month period was 71...
