Authorities in Kyiv should take steps now to aid pensioners and encourage small trade while also planning ahead for the region’s eventual reintegration with the rest of the country.
- ICG
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The six-year-old war in Ukraine’s south east has split the Donbas region and torn its socio-economic fabric.
In 2017, Kyiv banned trade with the Luhansk and Donetsk breakaway statelets, which seized Ukrainian industrial assets on the territory they control.
The repercussions have harmed residents and…