Donetsk

The Peoples Republics of Lugansk and Donetsk

Via The North Belfast Journal A View from Napoleons Nose by Fra Hughes…
Andrei Kocetov is a member of the Federation of Trade Union Council, in the Peoples Republic of Lugansk,LPR, a newly created Republic in the Donbass region, between Russia and Ukraine, formerly a part of Ukraine until 2014.
The EuroMaidan coup of 2014 was not endorsed by all the people of Ukraine.

Donetskflix: The unrecognized Republic offers free movies for all

Rhys Jones As reported by other contributors to Off-G, Donetsk is daily shelled and fired upon by troops from Ukraine territory. Residents are injured and killed by these unprovoked attacks, homes are damaged and destroyed, yet the official reports of these ceasefire violations published by the international monitoring mission from the EU’s OCSE (Organisation for …

Civilians Remain in Bombed & Machine-Gunned Frontline DPR Village, Facing Near-Daily Ukrainian Attacks

 
In Krutaya Balka, a frontline village north of Donetsk and just outside of Yasinovataya, 15 people (mostly elderly) remain, under near-daily Ukrainian shelling & heavy machine gun fire.
I spoke with those I could find at home while I was there. All told me they were constantly being assaulted by Ukrainian forces, by heavy machine gun fire and shelling.
The machine gun fire not only punctures the walls but also can set fire to the roof, thus the whole house.

Putin squeezes Zelensky: Russia grants fast track citizenship to East Ukrainians (Video)

The Duran’s Alex Christoforou and Editor-in-Chief Alexander Mercouris discuss Russia decision to extend fast track to citizenship to Ukrainian people living in the East regions of the Donbas.
As Ukraine’s new president Volodymyr Zelensky has yet to come to terms with the myriad of complex problems facing the country he now rules over, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a controversial decree, which allows people living in the of eastern Ukraine to apply for Russian citizenship under a simplified procedure.

Who was behind the assassination of Aleksandr Zakharchenko? (Video)

In a statement issued by the Kremlin, Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed his “deep condolences”to the relatives and the loved ones of the DPR leader Aleksandr Zakharchenko.
The Russian President called Zakharchenko “a real people’s leader” and “a brave man.” 
He also said that this incident shows that “those, who chose the path of terror, violence and intimidation, do not want to seek a peaceful…solution…and engage in a real dialog with the people living in south-eastern [Ukraine].”