"All the shops are closed, everything is destroyed. We live as we can, we can not wait that everything is finished. We can not support these explosions, these shots. We are so tired."
We are ten miles from Debaltseve in the small town of Vougleguirsk taken earlier this month by pro-Russian rebels. Here, the cease-fire entry does not appear to have silenced the bombing. And according to residents, the Ukrainian army would prepare a major offensive to retake the city. "Here, we do not feel the effects of the cease-fire, said the man. The Ukrainian army yesterday sent 36 tanks and 1,500 soldiers. What kind of East this cease-fire if they attack us? '
Vougleguirsk has already paid a heavy price for the conflict. The destruction is important there. And the locals are out of breath. "All the shops are closed, everything is destroyed, said the woman. The roof of the house of my parents was swept. We live as we can and we can not wait that everything is finished. We can not support these explosions and the shooting. We are so tired. ''
The Debaltseve region is a road and rail junction. A strategic area that the Ukrainian army and rebels appear to have little intention of abandoning.
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