Why is it happening to us?’ Stories from refugees fleeing DPR to Russia

People’s Republic

RT spoke to people fleeing the fighting in the breakaway Donetsk People’s Republic.

Just a few days before Russia launched its special military operation on the territory of Ukraine, the heads of the then-unrecognized Donbass breakaway republics reported publicly that tensions were rising and called for the evacuation of the civilian population. Since the start of the offensive, Russia has reportedly accepted around 200,000 people from the republic, while the UN estimates the total number of people fleeing Ukraine at over 2 million people.

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