Fragile Calm Reigns In Luhansk, Ukraine

Tuesday, July 1 , 2014 - 16:21 (EET) Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)

The city of Luhansk, the seat of the self-declared separatist “Luhansk People’s Republic,” is one of the flashpoints of the conflict in eastern Ukraine. Some rebels in the Luhansk region agreed to observe a 10-day cease-fire called by President Petro Poroshenko, but renewed clashes broke out in the region even before the truce expired on June 30. But in the city of Luhansk, residents are carrying on with daily life despite the crisis unfolding nearby. RFE/RL correspondent Andrei Babitsky filed these photos of a city in a state of limbo. …read more

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