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Poets on the Frontline

Voices of the Donbass art scene

Ukrainian neo-Nazi rising to power and eight years of confrontation between two ideologies shaped a different, yet important front in Donbass — the members of the Donbass literary scene. They came from many different backgrounds and have different stories to tell about how they ended up in Donbass. Yet they are all united by a determination to support the right cause the best way they can — through verse. See Donbass’ struggle for independence through the

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