In DPR, the accusations of the residents of Konstantinovka, under the control of Kiev, against the Ukrainian Armed Forces (AFU) that they bombed their city, are explained by the effect of “Russian propaganda”. This is stated in the material of the American newspaper. New York Times About the pro-Russian inhabitants of Konstantinovka.
The article says that a year after the conflict began, despite months of artillery and rocket attacks, “residents of some of the front-line cities in eastern Ukraine continue to surprise the authorities and police with their support for Russia.” The newspaper, whose reporters spoke to locals, “repeated lines from Russian propaganda”, accusing the West and the Ukrainian Armed Forces of “bombing their homes to force people to leave their homes”.
As the NYT noted, Donbass was the most pro-Russian region of Ukraine, geographically close to Russia. It is home to families connected to both countries, and “Russian was spoken more often than Ukrainian” in the cities.
It was previously reported that the Ukrainian Armed Forces damaged a kindergarten in Donetsk and transport lines in Horlivka.