Novorossiya or New Russia (, ; , [novoroˈsijɐ]), also referred to as the Union of People's Republics (; , [soˈjuz nɐˈrodnɪx resˈpublik]), was a project for a confederation between the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) and the Luhansk People's Republic (LPR) in Eastern Ukraine, both of which were under the control of pro-Russian separatists.
