Thank you for the informative comments. I get some info from my Ukrainian wife’s family and friends when the comms is not down. Today I learned that the “separatists” in Alchevsk (in the Donnas) have pressed factory workers into service to fight against the Ukrainian Army. Sixty of them from Alchevsk have been killed in the fighting. Many Russian-speakers in the eastern Ukraine are pro-Ukraine in spite of what you hear from FRs Putin Brigade. The “separatists” movement was started by Putin sending in personnel, money, and arms.
I get some info from my Ukrainian wife’s family and friends when the comms is not down. Today I learned that the “separatists” in Alchevsk (in the Donnas) have pressed factory workers into service to fight against the Ukrainian Army. Sixty of them from Alchevsk have been killed in the fighting.
Many Russian-speakers in the eastern Ukraine are pro-Ukraine in spite of what you hear from FRs Putin Brigade.
The “separatists” movement was started by Putin sending in personnel, money, and arms.