Daily Life In The Donbas Region Of Ukraine

DONETSK REGION, UKRAINE - FEBRUARY 18: New recruits of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, all former convicts who served prison sentences before signing a contract, are training to provide first aid following FPV kamikaze drone attacks on February 18, 2025 in Donetsk Region, Ukraine. They will be deployed to the frontline. U.S. and Russian officials begin negotiations on the war in Ukraine in Saudi Arabia, excluding Ukrainian and European representatives. The Donbas War began in April 2014 after a coup by Russia-backed mercenaries in the city of Donetsk and Sloviansk in eastern Ukraine. The confrontation between an expansionist Russia and Ukraine aspiring to consolidate its independence has laid waste to the Donbas and Russification has been brutally imposed on the six million mostly Russian-speaking inhabitants. (Photo by Pierre Crom/Getty Images)