‘Donbas is not Ukraine’: in industrial east, hopes for Russian rule
At a market within the industrial metropolis of Lysychansk in east Ukraine — warfare-scarred after relentless attacks with the aid of Russian forces — one woman quietly hopes Moscow’s navy will step forward. “Technically, we’re Ukrainian. But Donbas is not Ukraine,” Olena confided to AFP, referring to swathes of east Ukraine that Moscow has vowed to … Read more