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Zaitseve: A village torn between Ukrainian forces and Russian-backed fighters

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The village of Zaitseve, torn between Ukrainian forces and Russian-backed fighters


Many villagers cross the dividing line that runs through their village on a daily basis, risking arrest or worse. Some even still live in the slim gray zone, controlled by no one, despite frequent firefights between the two sides. Like most in the divided eastern Donbas region of Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts, the residents are exhausted by 18 months of war.

Read more here:“Split Donbas Town Doubts Peace Plan”