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REPORTAGE. Our special correspondent Anne Nivat slipped into a convoy in the heart of occupied Ukraine. Immersion.
From our special correspondent in the Donbass, Anne Nivat
Solidarity. Jenia Sikiritski organizes humanitarian convoys to Donbass. On the hood of one of the vehicles, we read “Kassimov to the front! (the name of the city where the volunteers come from). Purpose of the trip: to bring warm clothes to the Russian soldiers.
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«PWhile all our politicians are debating endlessly, at least we are helping ours to stay warm,” enthuses Jenia Sikiritski, 46, as she finishes checking the loads of the three vehicles which will take to the road, the next day before dawn, from this village in the Russian region of Ryazan towards the Donbass, annexed by Russia. Convinced of the merits of“anti-terrorist operation” in Ukraine, Jenia, who has not done her military service, voluntarily helps those who, “on the front, defend us”. If, with the approach of the holidays, certain municipalities, including Moscow, have organized collection points where people drop off gifts which will be transported to the front, Jenia has set up its own chain of citizen solidarity as soon as Moscow has…
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