Halya Coynash: Who wants to turn Kyiv into another Donetsk?

Published April 19, 2015 at 5:51 pm

An elderly man makes his way along a deserted road in the frontline neighbourhood of Jabunki by the airport in Donetsk on April 19, 2015 in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic (DNR). The neighbourhood is largely deserted with only a few people with nowhere to go and packs of stray dogs left behind. Detonations from shelling are still heard with regularity as well as eruption of small arms fire exchanges in the area despite a ceasefire deal aimed to end a year of fighting that has killed more than 6,000 people AFP PHOTO / ODD ANDERSEN

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While the western media present any talk of Russian involvement in recent high-profile killings as the 'Kyiv version', like the 'Kremlin version' of Boris Nemtsov's murder, it is by no means only Ukrainian politicians who are expressing concerns which, if warranted, would have seriously frightening implications.