DONETSK -- When the fighting between pro-Russian rebels and Ukrainian forces moved closer to Donetsk's city limits in June, one of the region's leading software development companies made the difficult decision to relocate its 50 staffers to a safer city to wait out the war.
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A man looks at a house destroyed after shelling of pro-Russian militants on Nov. 23, 2014 in eastern Ukrainian city of Debalcevo, Donetsk region, controlled by Ukrainian forces.
