Russia-backed separatists of occupied areas of Donetsk Oblast are stealing apartments in Donbas and claiming this to be legal because the property owners did not respond to their ‘summons’. In many of the cases, the apartments are owned by Ukrainians who left the occupied territory and who would be in danger of imprisonment (or worse) if they returned.
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Halya Coynash: Russia-backed forces `officially’ seize Ukrainians’ homes in Donbas
(FILES) This file photo taken on April 17, 2015 shows a general view of the town square where people attend the unveiling of a Lenin statue in the town of Novoazovsk in Russia-controlled part of Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine.
