A Journey through Contested Eastern Ukraine: Many in the Donbas Feel Betrayed – By Kyiv - DER SPIEGEL

Windows here are barricaded with sandbags and the sounds from the front are constantly rolling in. Still, many elderly residents of the Donetsk region have stayed here because they trust Russia more than their own government, despite Vladimir Putin's war of aggression. Why?

image"> Bild vergrößern Pensioner Valentyna Mykolayivna in Myrne: "I just want them to stop shooting. I want us to have gas again and I want the trolley bus to run. For all I care, even the devil can conquer us here." Foto: Julia Kochetova / DER SPIEGEL Zur Merkliste hinzufügen X.com Facebook E-Mail Link kopieren Weitere Optionen zum Teilen X.com Facebook E-Mail Messenger WhatsApp Link kopieren SPIEGEL bei Google bevorzugen The missile struck behind Kramatorsk's main post office. Debris from the Russian R-37 , lies next to a playground among the poplar leaves. Other parts of it damaged 10 buil

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