Daily Life In The Donbas Region Of Ukraine

DRUZHKIVKA, UKRAINE - FEBRUARY 7: Helena, an English teacher on maternity leave, volunteers to give English lessons to first-grade students at a local school approximately 20 kilometers from the frontline on February 7, 2025 in Druzhkivka, Ukraine. The Donbas War began in April 2014 after a coup by Russia-backed mercenaries in the city of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine. The confrontation between an expansionist Russia and Ukraine aspiring to consolidate its independence has laid waste to the Donbas and Russification has been brutally imposed on the six million mostly Russian-speaking inhabitants. (Photo by Pierre Crom/Getty Images)