The Donetsk council of ministers have chosen September 22nd to begin registration for candidates of elective office, according to data supplied by the pro Russian website Russkaya Vesna.
Elections for the post of president and members of the legislative body will take place November 11th.
The last time elections were held in Donetsk was four years ago, in the height of fighting between Russian backed separatists and the Ukrainian government.
The elections take in the way of the death of Donetsk president Aleksandr Zakharchenko last August 31st. He was killed in a bombig attack at a cafe in Donetsk city.