‘In the first battle, on August 12, 2014, many men died here. And women

‘In the first battle, on August 12, 2014, many men died here. And women are in that list too.’ Listen to the stories of residents of Debaltsevo about the battles of 2014-2015, which many call a turning point. The resistance of the militia then forced Ukraine, Germany and France to sit down at the negotiating table with Russia and the Donbass Republics. But, as former German Chancellor Angela Merkel admitted last week, the Minsk agreements were needed by the West only to give Ukraine time to prepare for a new confrontation.