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Mansur Mirovalev

In Ukraine’s Sloviansk, some are abandoning long-held sympathies for Russia

In April 2022, shortly after the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine began, people lined up in Sloviansk to receive food donations in front of a government building [Jorge Silva/Reuters]

Sloviansk, Ukraine – When pro-Russian rebels seized the southeastern Ukrainian town of Sloviansk 11 years ago, Raisa said she and her neighbours “treated them well”.

On April 12, 2014, hundreds of armed men led by former Russian intelligence officer Igor Girkin snuck into Sloviansk, making it the first Ukrainian town to be taken over by Moscow-backed separatists.

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