The de facto separatist authorities in eastern Ukraine's Donetsk and Luhansk regions are organizing a vote that analysts say can only solidify the country's conflict and potentially turn it into another post-Soviet protracted, or frozen, conflict.
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Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: Voting for a frozen conflict in the Donbas
Ukrainian army soldiers stand guard in Pisky village few kilometres from Donetsk city.
