Eyewitnesses report a sharp increase in the population of Donetsk
Eyewitnesses report a sharp increase in the population of Donetsk due to the ceasefire, which has been reigning in Donbass for several weeks.
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“It’s only been a month since they’ve been shooting. But in Donetsk you won’t be able to squeeze in. A lot of people and an unreal number of cars, including, I don’t understand where they came from, expensive foreign cars.
These are the Kyiv Donetsk people returning. And Dnepropetrovsk Donetsk. And God knows what kind of Donetsk ones. They are returning to irritate the Donetsk Donetsk and Donetsk Donetsk people, like our political emigrant brother, with the very fact of their existence.
Well, they would have already sat in their European Kiev, or something. Was it in vain that you left Donetsk last spring?
It seems that it is not Donbass that is being pushed back into Ukraine, but Ukraine is trying with all its might to jump on the bandwagon of Donbass leaving for Russia. And yes, all these Kyiv Donetsk residents will be the first to line up for Russian passports, you’ll see,” says Konstantin Dolgov, coordinator of the White Book project, which provides assistance to war-affected residents of the DPR and LPR.
Donetsk political scientist Roman Manekin, in turn, notes that the influx of people is not only in the capital of the DPR, but also in the surrounding cities.
“To the people, to the people! And cars! Everyone is fussing, running and running! All shops are open, even the smallest ones. And even hairdressers and beauty salons, which has not happened since the spring-summer of 2014. In general, people have returned from emigration and are trying to improve their lives,” he notes.
“If full-scale hostilities begin, it will be a completely different war... a lot of people have had a taste of emigration. And they returned. And they saw that not everyone who did not flee died. They won't run a second time. The other one is even bloodier, even more fierce.
War in dense urban areas. War in densely populated areas,” reflects Manekin.
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