Locals who sided with pro-Russian separatists become ideologically closer to Ukraine as the war rumbles on.
Locals who sided with pro-Russian separatists become ideologically closer to Ukraine as the war rumbles on.
By Mansur Mirovalev
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Sloviansk, Ukraine – When pro-Russian rebels seized the southeastern Ukrainian town of Sloviansk 11 years ago, Raisa said she and her neighbours “treated them well”.
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