PRESS RELEASE #22
RDA Committee

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Procedure for Crediting RDA Numbers
for the Donetsk People’s Republic, Lugansk People’s Republic,
Kherson Region, and Zaporozhye Region

Effective from January 1, 2026

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1.1. In accordance with the Rules and Regulations of the RDA Award Program, acting on the basis of the OKATO reference book
“OK 019-95. All-Russian Classifier of Administrative-Territorial Units”
(approved by Resolution of the State Standard of Russia dated July 31, 1995 No. 413, as amended on July 14, 2025),
a decision has been made to assign RDA numbers to the following constituent entities of the Russian Federation:

DONETSK PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC (DO) — UA6O
KHERSON REGION (HE) — UA1V
LUGANSK PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC (LU) — UA6Z
ZAPOROZHYE REGION (ZP) — UA6S

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1.2. The following QSOs are accepted for credit:

– QSOs made on or after January 1, 2026.
– QSOs made with radio amateurs using exclusively Russian callsigns officially issued by the Main Radio Frequency Center of the Russian Federation (GRFC RF).
– Credit is granted exclusively on the basis of logs uploaded to the RDA Auto-Credit system at [https://rdaward.ru](https://rdaward.ru).

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1.3. The following are NOT accepted for credit:

– Radio contacts made before January 1, 2026.
– Radio contacts made from district borders.
– QSL and HQSL scans.
– Callsigns not officially issued by the GRFC RF.

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1.4. Possible limitations:

– District boundary maps are not planned in the near future.
– Crediting operations from conditional district borders is not planned.
– Please refrain from large-scale activations and from operating in field conditions.
– The list of RDA numbers has been compiled based on their actual presence in the OKATO reference book.

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DONETSK PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC (DO) — UA6O
DISTRICTS OF THE DONETSK PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC

Cities of Republican Significance of the Donetsk People’s Republic

DO-01 Budyonnovsky District of Donetsk
DO-02 Voroshilovsky District of Donetsk
DO-03 Kalininsky District of Donetsk
DO-04 Kievsky District of Donetsk
DO-05 Kirovsky District of Donetsk
DO-06 Kuybyshevsky District of Donetsk
DO-07 Leninsky District of Donetsk
DO-08 Petrovsky District of Donetsk
DO-09 Proletarsky District of Donetsk
DO-10 Cities and urban-type settlements included in the city of Donetsk
(Krasnogorovka, Maryinka, Mospino, etc.)
DO-11 Kalininsky District of Gorlovka
DO-12 Nikitovsky District of Gorlovka
DO-13 Central-City District of Gorlovka
DO-14 Cities and urban-type settlements included in the city of Gorlovka
(Dzerzhinsk, Artemovo, etc.)
DO-15 Debaltsevo (including Svetlodarsk)
DO-16 Dokuchaevsk
DO-17 Enakievo (including Yunokommunarsk, Uglegorsk)
DO-18 Ilovaysk
DO-19 Kramatorsk
DO-20 Makeevka
DO-21 deleted
DO-22 Snezhnoe
DO-23 Torez
DO-24 Khartsyzsk (including Zugres)

Districts of the Donetsk People’s Republic

DO-25 Aleksandrovsky District
DO-26 Amvrosievsky District (including Amvrosievka)
DO-27 Artemovsky District (including Artemovsk, Soledar, Seversk, Chasov Yar)
DO-28 Velikonovoselkovsky District
DO-29 Volnovakhsky District (including Volnovakha, Ugledar)
DO-30 Volodarsky District
DO-31 Dobropolsky District (including Dobropolye, Belitskoye, Belozerskoye)
DO-32 Konstantinovsky District (including Konstantinovka, Druzhkovka)
DO-33 Krasnoarmeysky District (including Krasnoarmeysk, Rodinskoye, Dimitrov, Novogrodovka, Selidovo, Ukrainsk)
DO-34 Krasnolimansky District (including Krasny Liman)
DO-35 Kurakhovsky District (including Kurakhovo, Gornyak)
DO-36 Mangushsky District
DO-37 Novoazovsky District (including Novoazovsk)
DO-38 Slavyansky District (including Slavyansk, Nikolayevka, Svyatogorsk)
DO-39 Starobeshevsky District (including Komsomolskoye)
DO-40 Telmanovsky District
DO-41 Shakhtersky District (including Shakhtersk, Kirovskoye, Zhdanovka)
DO-42 Yasinovatsky District (including Yasinovataya, Avdeevka)

DO-43 — Kalmiussky District, Mariupol
DO-44 — Levoberezhny District, Mariupol
DO-45 — Primorsky District, Mariupol
DO-46 — Central District, Mariupol

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KHERSON REGION (HE) — UA1V
DISTRICTS OF THE KHERSON REGION

Cities of Regional Significance of the Kherson Region
HE-01 Dniprovsky District of Kherson
HE-02 Korabelny District of Kherson
HE-03 Central District of Kherson
HE-04 Nova Kakhovka (including Tavriysk)

Districts of the Kherson Region

HE-05 Aleksandrovsky District
HE-06 Aleshkinsky District (including Aleshki)
HE-07 Belozersky District
HE-08 Berislavsky District (including Berislav)
HE-09 Velikoaleksandrovsky District
HE-10 Velikolepetikhsky District
HE-11 Verkhnerogachiksky District
HE-12 Vysokopolsky District
HE-13 Genichesky District (including Genichesk)
HE-14 Goloprystansky District (including Golaya Pristan)
HE-15 Gornostaevsky District
HE-16 Ivanovsky District
HE-17 Kalanchaksky District
HE-18 Kakhovsky District (including Kakhovka)
HE-19 Nizhneserogozsky District
HE-20 Novovorontsovsky District
HE-21 Novotroitsky District
HE-22 Skadovsky District (including Skadovsk)
HE-23 Snigirevsky District (including Snigirevka)
HE-24 Chaplynsky District

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LUGANSK PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC (LU) — UA6Z
DISTRICTS OF THE LUGANSK PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC

Cities of Regional Significance of the Lugansk People’s Republic

LU-01 Artemovsky District of Lugansk
LU-02 Zhovtnevy District of Lugansk
LU-03 Kamennobrodsky District of Lugansk
LU-04 Leninsky District of Lugansk
LU-05 Cities and urban-type settlements included in the city of Lugansk
(Aleksandrovsk, Schastye, etc.)
LU-06 Alchevsk
LU-07 Antratsit
LU-08 Bryanka
LU-09 Kirovsk
LU-10 Krasnodon (including Molodogvardeysk, Sukhodolsk)
LU-11 Krasny Luch (including Vakhrushevo, Miusinsk, Petrovskoye)
LU-12 Lisichansk (including Novodruzhesk, Privolye)
LU-13 Pervomaysk (including Gorskoye, Zolotoye, Popasnaya)
LU-14 Rovenki
LU-15 Rubezhnoye
LU-16 Sverdlovsk (including Chervonopartizansk)
LU-17 Severodonetsk
LU-18 Stakhanov (including Almaznaya, Irmino)

Districts of the Lugansk People’s Republic

LU-19 Antratsitovsky District
LU-20 Belovodsky District
LU-21 Belokurakinsky District
LU-22 Krasnodonsky District
LU-23 Kremensky District (including Kremennaya)
LU-24 Lutuginsky District (including Lutugino)
LU-25 Markovsky District
LU-26 Melovsky District
LU-27 Novoaidarsky District
LU-28 Novopskovsky District
LU-29 Perevalsky District (including Artemovsk, Zorinsk, Perevalsk)
LU-30 Svatovsky District (including Svatovo)
LU-31 Sverdlovsky District
LU-32 Slavyanoserbsky District (including Zimogorye)
LU-33 Stanichno-Lugansky District
LU-34 Starobelsky District (including Starobelsk)
LU-35 Troitsky District

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ZAPOROZHYE REGION (ZP) — UA6S
DISTRICTS OF THE ZAPOROZHYE REGION

Cities of Regional Significance of the Zaporozhye Region

ZP-01 Melitopol
ZP-02 Berdyansk
ZP-03 Energodar

Districts of the Zaporozhye Region

ZP-04 Akimovsky District
ZP-05 Berdyansky District
ZP-06 Vasilyevsky District (including Vasilyevka, Dneprorudnoye)
ZP-07 Veselovsky District
ZP-08 Kamensko-Dneprovsky District (including Kamenka-Dneprovskaya)
ZP-09 Kuybyshevsky District
ZP-10 Melitopolsky District
ZP-11 Mikhaylovsky District
ZP-12 Pologovsky District (including Pologi)
ZP-13 Priazovsky District
ZP-14 Primorsky District (including Primorsk)
ZP-15 Tokmaksky District (including Tokmak, Molochansk)
ZP-16 Chernigovsky District