Nearly two years after pro-Russian separatists wrested large portions of eastern Ukraine from government control, the industrial region — known as the Donbass — remains a wasteland. About three million people still live in the government-controlled areas, and their living conditions are, for the most part, horrific. Numerous roads and bridges have been destroyed, 1.3 million people have little or no access to water, entire cities have been leveled, and thousands of schools, hospitals, and homes are gone.
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Josh Cohen: How to rebuild eastern Ukraine
(FILES) An armed Russian-backed separatist walks past a sign that reads "Slavyansk" in Ukrainian language, in the eastern Ukrainian city of Slavyansk on May 16, 2014.
