Kramatorsk; Myronivsky; Semenivka; Svitlodars: Few in Europe have heard of the minor towns on the Kiev-controlled side of the contact line in east Ukraine.
But events and feelings here bear import for the future of a conflict which is reshaping Europe’s post-Cold War security landscape.
Heavy fighting mostly stopped in September, following a new ceasefire deal, in Paris, between France, Germany, Russia, and Ukraine.
The accord included decentralisation of power from Kiev ...
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