People in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk and Luhansk districts find themselves squarely in the path of advancing Russian-backed rebels, who want to take back the territory they held at the beginning of the conflict last year.
Many local residents are afraid, but others would welcome the change — even when a rebel shell lands in their neighborhood.
In the Luhansk district town of Papasna, just 15 kilometers from where the Ukrainian government marks the front line, a house belonging to a couple named Valentina and Yuri was destroyed this week by a Russian-made Grad missile, officials said.
Valentina was home at the time. …read more
Source: Voice of America
