Nina Caspersen Making Peace with De Facto States (en) // The Annual of Language and Language of Politics and Identity. — Т. 10. — б. 7—18. — ISSN1805-3769. — "Moreover, new contested territories that could be described as de facto states have emerged, most notably the Donetsk People’s Republic and the Luhansk People’s Republics in Ukraine. These two newest additions to the universe of de facto states have started to create some of the trappings of statehood, although the extent of «indigenous roots‟ is still debatable.»
