DONETSK, May 14. /ITAR-TASS/. The self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) has started forming its own army, DPR Central Electoral Commission Chair Roman Lyagin said on Wednesday, May 14.

“The process of forming the DPR army is going very actively,” he said, adding that weapons were being seized from militia in order to bring them all to one place, take inventory of them and put them under control.

“We must take power in our hands because there is no other power and we must create an interim government and a council as soon as possible. We have the support of deputies in the local self-government bodies. The authorities are on our side completely,” Lyagin said.