Donbass

8/31/2019

_**Angry, trenchant, and viciously satirical**_ >_Checkpoints and barricades made out of tires have been installed on the highways of the Донецьк [Donetsk] region of Донба́с [Donbass]. In the cities, administrative buildings have been seized. Groups of masked men armed with sticks and bats control the roads and search the passing transport. Using crowds of civilians as a shield, "the little green men" capture Ukrainian armoured vehicles The police and the authorities are nowhere to be seen. Cities are controlled by unidentified men in camouflage. It's like some apocalyptic movie suddenly be__came the reality and we're right in the thick of it.What began as peaceful demonstrations and comically awkward attempts at mimicking the events at Євромайдан [Euromaidan] is gradually turning into