Euronews has seen firsthand the struggle of people living on the frontline of the conflict in eastern Ukraine. The militia fighters of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic accompanied our film crew to the town of Staromykhailivka, some 20 kilometres west of Donetsk.
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Euronews: East Ukrainian residents tell about struggles of living on the frontline (VIDEO)
A general view taken on Oct. 23, 2014 shows a room inside a shelter where families have been living for several months in the village Petrovski, which is 1,5 kms from the frontline and 20 kms of the center of Donetsk center.