DONETSK - The fighting has subsided, but Donetsk is quickly sinking into the past - a shabby Soviet-like state of empty streets and deprivation. Huge portraits of Josef Stalin hanging in the city center only reinforce the impression of failure.
Associated Press: Ukraine’s rebel center in limbo as fighting dies down
People walk past a portrait of Soviet dictator Josef Stalin on an advertising board, in Donetsk, on Oct. 17, 2015.
