A Look
at the People of Donbass and the possibility of a US-Russia confrontation
Heroism,
religious faith, and a profound sense in the justness of their cause–these are
just a few of the reasons the people in the Donbass region of eastern Ukraine
are not going to go down easily.
On
February 2, I posted a video featuring a press conference
by Alexander Zakharchenko, prime minister of the Donetsk Peoples
Republic, who put it rather eloquently. Speaking shortly after DPR forces had
stormed and captured the town of Uglegorsk, throwing Kiev troops into a route,
Zakharchenko discussed the recruitment of volunteers and the willingness of
locals to join
