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The leaders of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) have announced a single Constitution of Novorossiya ('New Russia') that includes the DPR and the self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic (LPR).

“Today members of the DPR Supreme Council voted for a single constitution of Novorossiya. It means that the DPR and LPR will share the same constitution,” DPR prime minister Oleksandr Borodai told journalists on Tuesday.

That the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics are planning to form a union was also announced by the DPR on Twitter.

“The DPR Supreme Council passed a Constitutional Act regarding the confederative unification of the DPR and LPR into the Union of the People’s Republics,” the announcement said.

The DPR has already approved a list of its members in the Union’s parliament, it said on Twitter.