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Ukraine: Siege Mentality Pushes South-Eastern Region To Precipice Of Civil War -- Shaun Walker, The Guardian
In the town of Konstaninovka, an uneasy atmosphere of threats and violence is building ahead of a vote on independence.
Sergei Chertkov leafs through a stack of documents with a heavy sigh. In the regional administration building in Konstantinovka paper has replaced emails in recent days; the computers have been stored in a safe place so that they cannot be looted if the building is seized by armed rebels.
The mayor fled the town (officially on "sick leave") after the town hall was seized by the fighters of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic a week ago, while Chertkov and his regional administration are still standing, for now. But the situation in Konstantinovka is a microcosm of what has happened across south-east Ukraine in recent weeks.
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My Comment: One of the best articles that I have read so far that tries to explain the reasons why tensions are high in south-eastern Ukraine.
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