The Russian-backed blitz that seemed imminent hasn't materialized
The military commandant in this embattled city, Andrei Shpigel, was having an emotional discussion with officers and soldiers of his 'DPR Army' on the veranda of a local restaurant. They were talking about the future of their self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic. Would it eventually become a peaceful region of Ukraine, or be annexed by Russia, or stay an independent but unrecognized separatist territory?
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