According to the Donetsk News Agency, Pushilin signed the corresponding decree No. 432.

The document notes that the title was awarded "for services to the DPR and its people associated with the accomplishment of a heroic deed, courage and bravery shown in the battles to protect the Donetsk People's Republic."

The decree was signed and entered into force on 3 August.

Earlier, Gorlovka Mayor Ivan Prikhodko announced the death of Olga Kachura, Colonel of the People's Militia of the Donetsk People's Republic, with the call sign Korsa.