Because of Russian shelling, even ideological separatists do not want to live in Donetsk/”Informator”
Large-scale shelling by the Russian army, the territories of the Donetsk region led to another massive outflow of the population from the occupied cities. Even those who lived there without getting out even in the “hot” 2014 decided to escape from Donetsk and the agglomeration.
According to Channel 24 sources in intelligence, after the start of a full-scale invasion, both civilians and some militants began to leave the territories occupied by Russia en masse. Even a few FSB officers decided to escape from ORDLO, realizing that Putin's war could end for them either in prison in Ukraine or death.
Of course, after February 24, they had to leave the so-called “DPR” and “LPR” opportunity only relatively wealthy people. After all, leaving the territory of Russia is a rather expensive procedure.
Russia will turn Donetsk into Mariupol
- A week after the start of the full-scale invasion, people close to Pushilin and the local “authorities” began to understand the situation. Such men received real armor from mobilization. In addition, everyone understood that Ukraine would not fire on civilian targets, no matter how they said otherwise on TV.
- However, somewhere in mid-March, it turned out that Pushilin and his curators were not even going to deal with the social problems of the occupied part of Donbass.
- Life without water, normal medicines and access to various benefits of civilization in Donetsk became possible even for relatively wealthy people by local standards.
- A little later, insane shelling of the city was added to all the inconveniences, which the Russian military inflicted completely randomly. None of the “officials”, military commanders or other influential persons in the so-called “DPR” knows where the Russian “Grad” or the 120th mine will land.
- Besides, even before those who believed in fables about “Ukraine has been shelling Donbass for 8 years”, it came to light that it was the Russian army that was destroying their city. Moreover, in case of attempts by the Armed Forces of Ukraine to recapture the city, the invaders will stop at nothing to wipe Donetsk off the face of the earth.
Due to all these circumstances, starting from June 11, extraordinary traffic jams formed on the border between the territory not controlled by Ukraine and Russia. Residents of Donetsk, Makeevka, Gorlovka, Yasinovataya decided to leave their homes en masse and start building a new life as far away from CADO as possible. Pensioners, women with children, and even men who paid for their departure to the “deciders” began to flee.
Ideological separatists want to end up in the EU
< p>Naturally, in mid-June, the decision to flee the “DPR” was made by the majority of those who had previously believed in the ideas of the “Russian world.” Among them are some leaders of the separatist movement who have been involved in the creation of the quasi-republic since 2008. They finally understood that Putin “betrayed the people of Donbass”, used ideological men, promising the region an improvement in life. But neither the “timely” annexation of the Donetsk region to Russia, nor any development in the Kremlin was ever planned.
Putin does not want to improve life in the Donbass even after its probable annexation. With its war, Russia finally destroyed any hopes of the inhabitants of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions for at least a conditionally normal existence. Donetsk will never be able to return to such a standard of living that was before 2014. At least as long as he remains under the heel of Russia.
Putin does not give a damn about the standard of living in his own country, and, moreover, in the “DPR” and “LPR”. That is why some ardent fans of the “Russian world” do not just run away from Donetsk to Russia, but do so with Ukrainian passports. They hope to leave for the EU countries, because even life in the mining capital after 2014 was better than in the Russian outback.
