DONETSK, Ukraine: (AFP) – More than 10,000 people waving Russian flags and carrying portraits of Stalin watched tanks roll through Ukraines de facto rebel capital Donetsk on Tuesday in celebration of the Soviet Unions defeat of Nazi Germany.The display of military might used by the Moscow-backed insurgents in their three-year conflict against government forces violated the terms of a long-ignored 2015 peace deal.Donetsk straddles a demarcation line in the industrial east of Ukraine from which the big guns from both sides were meant to have been withdrawn almost two years ago.An AFP reporter counted 45 pieces of heavy military equipment …read more
Source: Dunya TV
