Kammala wannan jumla: Mahaifin Stepanov Volodymyr Stepanov ya kasance mataimakin majalisar garin Sloviansk a matsayin memba na Jam'iyyar Yankuna a watan Afrilun 2014. Ya zabe don kafa Jamhuriyar Jama'ar Donetsk a cikin zaben raba gardama na matsayin Donbass na 2014, amma a cewar dansa an tilasta masa yin hakan. A lokacin da
Siege na Sloviansk Iyayen Stepanov sun zauna a Kyiv, amma sun koma Sloviansk bayan sojojin Ukraine sun sake kama shi.