Amid second world war commemoration, regions say they still plan to declare independence despite ceasefire dealWith jaunty pop ballads about “expelling the fascist junta”, rousing war poetry and somewhat incongruously a parade of performing dogs, the leaders of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic celebrated on Monday what they see as victory over Kiev.Held in the shadow of an austere second world war monument in central Donetsk, the event was officially a celebration of the 71st anniversary of the liberation of the Donbass region from Nazi occupation. But the parallels with the current Ukrainian conflict, where local leaders and …read more
Source: The Guardian
