DONETSK, Ukraine, – The icy avenues of Donetsk have been silent for hours – only the garish neon of the Banana Cafe sign cuts through the gloom, defying the curfew so that rebel fighters have somewhere to drink, smoke and fight.The underground bar is open 24 hours a day and one of the few nightspots in this separatist bastion of eastern Ukraine, where no one is supposed to be on the roads between 11.00pm and 6.00am.Two boys, barely in their twenties, guard the entrance. Dmitry from Sevastopol clutches his Kalashnikov while Nikolai, a Russian in a splendid grey hat and …read more
Source: AsiaOne
