DONETSK - Ukraine's government is threatening to stop funding hospitals and medical services in areas in the east of the country controlled by Moscow-backed separatists. This is leaving the insurgents scrambling to make up for the shortfall amid signs that some locals want a return to normal.
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Medical personnel look into the ward of the local hospital damaged during recent shelling in Avdeevka, 5 kilometres north of Donetsk on Sept. 8, 2014 .
