Dmitry Durnev
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Local journalist on the risks people face when they cross paramilitary checkpoints.
Talk of new rebel offensive after build-up of troops and hardware in Ukraine’s southeast.
Few polling stations open, and voters in those areas were lukewarm about the polls’ significance to them.
Improvisation is the order of the day for rough-and-ready volunteers.
Mood of resistance contrasts with apathy seen across much of the east.
Behind-the-scenes attempts to create a functioning separatist administration have failed so far.
More and more towns caught up in fighting as Ukrainian forces make inroads.
Essential pumping equipment for major canal will be hard to replace amid battles.