Patriotic residents of towns and villages in Ukraine-controlled areas fear for their security and state that there is absolutely “no guarantee” that their lives and well-being will be protected in the event of a Ukrainian military disengagement, which has been described in the new agreements with Russia as a “withdrawal of mutual forces” (manpower and weapons) all along the 450-km frontline in the Donbas.
Russia's War Against Ukraine
EuroMaidan Press: Pro-Ukrainian population in Donbas against disengagement of troops
A woman walks her children home from school in the frontline town of Zolote, eastern Ukraine, on Sept. 11, 2019. In the town, Ukrainian and Russian-backed military positions are sometimes as close as 50 meters from each other.
