Many in eastern Ukraine have been living with conflict for years as fighting between Russian-backed separatists and Ukrainian forces killed estimated thousands of people.
As the latest international standoff continues, prospects for peace in the region are looking even more fragile.
People in Avdiivka have learned to live to the rhythm of the frontline – but the devastating effect of this long war will continue to impact their lives, many say, for several generations to come
Al Jazeera’s Hoda Abdel-Hamid reports from Avdiivka in eastern Ukraine.
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We need a new Soviet union. The fall of the Berlin wall was a big mistake. I hope Russia take east Germany back also build a new Russian empire
All this $heit won’t be happening if we still had Trump in office , the oil barrel would have been at $20 , Russia would be starving and not thinking to invade Ukraine ….enjoy your democrats in office …and if Russia does invade Ukraine without consequences get ready for China doing the same with Taiwan
They are at frontline with eastern Ukrainian separatists, not Russia. It’s the civil war.
maybe this Western media is just pushing Ukraine to war with Russia by its lie?
@kalinka yes sir ..you heave right😎👍..Zelinsky 🤡is only a west clown
@kalinka Absolutely.
If it was a real frontline with Russia, the frontline would have been at Polish border within a couple of days in 2014 already.
They’re are lying for sure, the question is why? What’s their end plan?
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What are you talking about
You are lack of empathy..😬
Im lucky im pakistani
Fake id😏
Ukraine is the frontline of the free world against the communist cancer that is growing and willing to take over the whole planet ….Russia needs to be stopped it has no business in Ukraine or in Georgia or anywhere else for that matter …shame on Germany for staying idle and relying on Britain to defend it ….
when at that time 2018 im diplomat under UN in philippines ukrainian and russia are always argue about crimea and the diplomat of ukraine said 1 day we will go in to war.. i rember that story
not, never will
EU countries they help Ukraine bec of the GAS that is
Ukraine needs to be a neutral country, a buffer state between EU and Russia. The Ukrainian could benefit from that as well, receiving help and economical support from both sides. Having a strong and rich Ukraine would be good both for Russia and for EU. That was the russian plan back in 2013 or 2014 before EU said “NO” and then they reinforced their presence in Crimea.
@Pavel T don’t want to be bullied by Russia so being bullied and controlled by the US is a better alternative? Since 1999 to 2004 that entire eastern region of Europe joined nato that’s how it expanded and since then military bases and exercises have increased if I were Russian I wouldn’t exactly feel happy or comfortable with that so I can understand their perspective……
There are no “good guys” in politics I’m not saying putin is a jolly good fellow with no blood on his hands or skeletons in the closet….. but who on the world stage doesn’t have these things?! You think America is some Saint nation that won’t think twice to completely screw an entire region of the world if it suits our interests? Look at what happened to Iraq……
I don’t wish for war on anyone but I’m not against sovereign nations protecting their sense of security. Russia isn’t in the wrong looking at things objectively that’s just the way I see it.
@джонни браво from an independent Ukrainian view I can understand how taking Crimea was a problem to you, and here in America our media was going crazy over that when it happened….. but I also understand Russia’s viewpoint as well and know the History of the region. Crimea was always a part of Russia as far back as the 1700s and after the fall of the USSR Russia basically lost its access to the black sea and they wanted that back, at least as far as I can form an opinion about that….. It was a power move no doubt…. which is what nation’s with power do
@Leland Robbins a lot of nations joined NATO because they wanted to for a good reason. Countries which were once under russian rule do not want to go back and NATO is the only power that can stop Kremlin. Is this really that hard to grasp???
You say “I understand russia” – well, you can understand bloodthirsty invader all you want, it just shows what type of person you are. If some motherf@cker break into your house to take your stuff, you definitely can understand why he does this, – but that doesn’t mean you have to be nice to him 🤦 motherf@cker deserves bullet in his head and nothing more.
Do you think we all stupid here? Of course US plays its own games, but you have no idea what russia is, idiot. You can’t even compare both.
I was born and grew up in USSR, I know exactly what it is. Western civilization is far from perfect, but it’s WAY better than anything Moscow can offer.
P.S. Crimea is tatar land. Even the name is originated from their language. But guess what, since russia is back, tatar people are oppressed and prosecuted for their views. Bunch of them had to escape to mainland Ukraine to avoid prison.
Yeah, tell us more how you understand russia 🤦
@Leland Robbins Ordinary American has no clue what it’s like to live under Russia’s guns. Crimea used to be russian at some pointin history but does it justify Russia’s actions today? Some Polish land used to be German but Germany does not invade Poland once again to get former lands back in 2022. Former satelite states of Russia joined Nato for a reason. They know Russia good enough to be naive and stay outside like Ukraine. Joning Nato it’s a choice of every independent state and they were the only one to decide about their pacts not Russia. It’s none of Russia’s business. If all your neighbours are afraid of you, it means you are the problem and stop playing the victim card.
@Frida Kahlo as if America is really a great alternative? It’s comply with the rules America wants or be destroyed look at what happened to Gaddafi I just have a hard time at looking at America as “the good guy” I try to look at politics objectively there isn’t a good or evil in my view and I can try to understand on a surface level what motivates a country like Russia to behave how they are and not hold it against them
WHAT!? Frontline with Russia?!!
There’s a front line between the territory controlled by Kiev and the territory of the separatist Donbass. You want to say that territory of Donbass is Russia yet?!!!🤔😱
Ukraine is Russian part so they are ukrainian separatists against Russia.
maybe this Western media is just pushing Ukraine to war with Russia?
@kalinka Russia invade Ukraine. Russia is pushing war.
Ukraine The Game Changer & Risk Taker .. 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
It is very funny that so many people who obviously don’t live in ukraine or russia or have no relation to any military are cheering for war in internet comment sections.
And majority of these people never left their rooms, have no friends and haven’t even killed a fly in their life, and most like freak out at the sight of a flying insect, yet just because there is no fun in their pathetic boring lives, they would want to have a war somewhere.
What a bunch of non-productive and inconsequential idiots.
Russia is traitor to Slavs. Not Ukraine.
WHY THE UN DOES NOTHING??THEY ALWAYS WANT AMERICA TO GO KILL PEOPLE??AMERICANS ARE TIRED OF WAR..THE UN NEEDS TO STEP IN
Why do we want war??? Remember the face of our little children at home. I’m praying for peace for both sides.
That sounded like firecrackers for all we know it could be we just have to trust the media like we did for Saddam’s WMD 😂😂 . The garbage they do for ratings 😤😤
russia will destroy ukraine insha Allah
Looks like that Russia is under attack by all western countries propaganda machinery channels.
All is worry about Ukraine.
And stand with Ukraine.
In fact west(USA and their allies) truly want the war between Russia and Ukraine.
It’s called the double standard policies of West
all these young lives at risk for useless wars
This is all bullshit. Ukraine governement itself said there is no danger whatsoever of Russia invading their country.
PUTIN is the new TSAR on this era.
The fact that the Russian public is not protesting to pull back it’s 100k troops says a lot, they either support or doesn’t care if Russia takes over Donbass or the entirety of Ukraine, so please don’t say the public/ordinary Russians are innocent..
@Amin M when were you there?
They have better things to do rather than to waste time on NATO warmongering propaganda.
It’s on the tellybox so it must be true innit?🤯
The Russian public has no idea Putin is amassing troops outside of Ukraine. The media is state controlled there.
@Sharon Rose Yes, there is no youtube or other access to the internet, only vodkanet.
Only If we had true Muslim leaders running the world countries today … 😏💔💔💔💔unfortunately many leaders now don’t believe that there’s an after-life where they will have to bear the consequences of their evil actions…
LoL , muslim rulers and forces also do wars with enemy nations.😏
Now go interview d Russian side n see d destruction that Ukraine has done. Then u won’t wonder will know why one calls d other enemy.
Pls stop…remember innocent citizens will also suffer
Russia makes demands on Europe and yet they are the ones to sponsor terrorist’ (or russia calls them separatist’). The corrupt money / political elite ruled kremlin are nothing but spin doctoring (LIES) & holding Europe to ransom with it’s oil & gas supplies & military has always been russia’ ploy of creating leverage to make demands without any compromise.
One side news Russia Russia 😪
only usazio need war
peace mean disaster for zionist
If you think Russia has had a tough history, then think about Ukraine, their history is almost worse.
And do think that’s needed? Instead of cooperation we look for confrontation.. Really sad world led but the US who believes they can do whatever they want
War are the only option of greedy leaders of a nation.. they should bump each others head , spare the soldiers and civilians ,thyre just bcome a victim if ever..
Putin reminds me of Ragnarok
End of Europe
???
@Petur Dobrevthor Ragnarok movie bro
just need ten or twenty minutes ucraine will be destroyed by russian military ,. it wiil be done …..
U!Diane just start more production of trex snipex riflesc. And hand then out to all civilians
When there are new weapons Nations tryn test its performance..unfortunately innocent blood shed. Russia and NATO member countries have to swallow their pride.
Boring
Why not show the other side ?
Because if you tell the truth there you get locked up
@Carl Putin is the truth? 😄
@Fausto Sar exactly.
@Carl •1984 intensifies•
Any delay in the war will put Putin in a corner.
West want to use ukraine.
Zelinsky 2 day ago said no need to panic. That he is having talks with Putin. And that the west needs to stop their hysteria.
I watched both Russian and Ukraine media. Since i speak both lenguages.
And yet you are misrepresenting his sentiments.
Years you’ll never get back
In ukraine the war going since 2014
I think there should be a boxing ring purposely for political leaders to fight with each other and settle their disputes so people don’t have to go to war
Fr man I have always thought the same. Its their disagreements and let them sort it out themselves and suffer the consequences. Why do innocent pple have to suffer right?
They’d make so much doing that too, they wouldn’t even need war to profit. Who wouldn’t pay to watch them kick eachothers ace?👏😂💨
It will make leaders think twice about thier actions
There won’t be an army to send if the people stopped joining it. 🤷♀️
And then we can all cheer for our respective leaders without having to fight among ourselves for something that doesn’t bother us in the first place.
I am an Indian living in Ukraine and yes I will fight for Ukraine.
👍 if I get chance I will also come with you
Nobody cares
Prayers for peace🙏
ameen
The fate of Ukraine has being decided by the great Satan.
Except for oil, China could mostly everything you need. So the rest world not afraid of west like before.
Drop beat’s 🎧 not bomb’s 💣✌️✌️
There probaly a Soviet secret lab underground that nobody know about and Rusia don’t want anybody to know about their achivement.
Well go and tell America and nato to stop pushing Ukraine in war we are not di ones who is coming the west to war America and nato in hower County pushing war but we ganna fight for hower rights 👉🇷🇺👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👏👏👏👏👏❤👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏❤👏👏👏👏👏👏🇨🇺🇷🇺
I warning you america! If you send them weapons! Send them bodybag and coffin to!
America exaggerate the crisis Between Russia and Ukraine
HOW ABOUT YOU BULD NICE HOTELS RIGHT ON THE BORDER FOR THE WARRIORS TO WAIT OUT THIS LING DRAWN OUT DISTRATCTION. REAL WAR ISN’T DONE IN THE FLESH ANYMORE. BUT THE TRANSFER OF WEAPONS TO THE RETARDS IS. TRACK THE WEAPONS EXPLODE THEM. THE RULES FOR WAR HAVE CHANGED AND IF YOU WANT TO WIN YOU USE NO RULES, GOD KNOWS THE CROOKS AREN’T TIED TO MORALS NOR RULES AS THEY DECIEVE THE WORLD .AND THE NEWS REPORTERS…. RETARDED, MISINFORMED IDIOTS SPEWING EVRYTHING STUPID. THEY SPEAK LIES TO RILE UP THE TROOPS WHO GO SACRIFICE THEIR LIVES NEEDLESSLY BECAUSE THEY ARE FOOLS WHO BELIEVE GOSSIP ON HOW WAR IS WON.
What is the plan of God on these innocent Ukrainians ,if you are christians pray to God , submitt yourselves to God whatever comes
A stupid game in which you pay to expand land with the death of the people you are supposed to care for.
Maybe we should stop accepting this nonsense..
liberate ukraine .russia forever🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺
BREAKING NEWS: A Belarusian hacker group, which calls itself Cyber Partisans, claims it has successfully launched a ransomware attack on ’s state-run railway network in an attempt to hinder Russian military activity in . The group, which claims its ultimate goal is to topple Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, threatened to destroy all the network data of Belarusian railways if its conditions were not met. The group posted its demands, for the removal of Russian troops in and the release of Belarusian political prisoners on its Twitter account.
All the world must stand together to teach Russia about Peace, love, freedom to any human!!
What are you talking about? Russian does not want to invade anything, nor to start war. But the US, they are forging this theory, in order to have a motive to start the war. Because they never learn, Iraq did not teach them, neither did Afghanistan. The USA is a terrorist state.
@L Mlool!! alright!!
@L M stop smoking before entering the chat
@Tesla WatshipiUSA just making conflict anywhere they find themselves destroy Country’s, providing Ukraine Military aids so war can start, get chance and take Ukraine resources and sit on they’re tax payers money and feed on like Iraq and Syria everyday taking their petroleum free, Ukraine have to learn and stop attacking Donbass and make peace so Russia can pull back his troops.
Palestine, Iraq, Iran, Syria ,Turkey Pakistan ,Afghanistan ,China Vietnam ,Japan ,Libya Russia and OIC All this country must stand together to teach America lesson’s don’t like a piece they’ve always wanted to war and selling weapon who make terrorist organisation whole world knows like Osama bin Laden
Being a neighbor to Russia.
What a nightmare!
Stinger’s and Javelins will make many bags for Putin take back to Russia 😉
4 for every 1 helicopter and Tank👍
Trump warned us about the Bidens and the Ukraine years ago.
us in which place,that’s place has war just like iraq,afghanistan
May Allah bestow peace and guidance in these regions and inspire peace among the people of the book, ameen!
Allah is a failure..He failed to restore peace in arabs.
@Donald mwendo 😂😂😂✌️god forgive me u made me laugh
Donald mwendo
That’s what our Prophet (Pbuh) said 1400 years ago.
“They will destroy the arabs , they will destroy the arabs , they will destroy the arabs.”
@Nadia Cardinale hawa ni wajinga tu
Respect my name✊
I dont mind being in the frontline as long as there’s a Vodka & Marlboro lights…
Stop this madness!
Why don’t you people you ho to Donbass people.
UN can’t take any action for all of injustices at 21st century!
this organization is being for china russia and US! fk off…UN!
Btw ,
The injustice is broken up by UN(china russia us) around the World!
this virus is between
Old men(governments) and young(citizens and human beinhs)!
gun men(police, soldiers ,governments,UN) and human beings(young)
this is the virus between old and young!
our young powers are not for man-made wars !
People don’t need to kill someone to get citizenships (USA) and to get money(russia,china,UN)!
so…hey youths around the World,
please stand up to stop these old men-made wars !
speech out to destroy the factories of weapon around the World!🤷♂️
if there are the weapon productions ,there are also men-made wars ever.🤷♂️
if you wanna peace,please share this massage to youths and real human beings around the World!
and btw…
Now…My country is under the terrorized military junta!😑
And there is no one to get good in wars,because these all of wars are man-made wars of big countries(us,china,russia)by getting using informations from UN(war pigs field )!
Whatever….fk you World!🖕
No more patience attack Russia..
Could you get more one sided
Russia should invade Ukraine
Godbless you,🙏IM PRAYING FOF YOY UKRAINIAN BROTHERS AND SISTERS 🇺🇦❤🇺🇸🇺🇳⚒
Maybe Putin should consider joining NATO to help defend eastern Russia from China. Something to consider with the current Ukraine situation is that Putin can’t fight a war on two fronts and survive. Putin and China’s Xi put up a public front that they have some type of “mutual” military defense “pact” against “the west”, but that may not really exist. Putin’s China “tell” was the Russian Vostok-2018 military exercises with 330,000 Russian troops on the Chinese border and only 3,300 Chinese troops inside China (never closer than 150km). Putin’s not so covert saber rattling at the Chinese. Putin knows China wants all the giant “free store” natural resources of Siberia and Central Asia along its border (including Kazakhstan). If Ukraine is invaded by Russia, Putin is leaving “eastern” Russia totally defenseless against the ramping up of the Chinese military. China is going to eventually “recover/reclaim” central Asia and Siberia north of Mongolia and east of the Ob/Irtysh and Yenisei Rivers. When Putin starts something with the west and is weak, China will invade and “protect” Eastern Russia, aka, take the land westward all the way to “Slavic” Russia, without a single shot from Russia. AKA, China is going to gnaw off Russia’s hind legs and Russia will be helpless to stop it. Note how the smiling Chinese cat is eyeballing the tasty fluttering Russian canary. Just saying…
Ukraine needs to stop the rhetoric.
No one is going to come to help them. No one.
The whole east of the country will be annexed just like Crimea.
This is another Berlin wall.
0:50 – a rail with no optic?! What is this?
Russia and China are playing negatively
The Ukrainians must fight like the Vietnamese during the Vietnam War.
Finally, the criminal OTAN (or NATO) will forget a little bit the Middle East . 🥳
May God save and help Ukraine 🇺🇦 🙏 and all Ukrainians all support for u ❤
USA economy runs by the blood of innocent civilians. Since they are done with middle-east civilians, now they are looking towards Europe civilians.
Why USA always want to help countries how’s enmies are russia china iran
Wouldn’t be surprised if these are Neo Nazis.
I love your uniform. Do let me know when peace reign. U want to buy your military uniforms. Size M.
It is comfortable to drop democracy on the other side of the planet whilst living safely. Poor locals need to understand it, is not even about their own relations with Russia, it is about a another thing, in case NATO plans materialize from launching to impact for a missile would take less than 5min to reach Moscow. Something which Russia won’t let happen at any cost, and has announced it on numerous occasions. Is that what the local population calls independence, to place your historic neighbors in grave danger for the sake of American interests? Nobody (in the west) have intentions to usher democracy in Ukraine, they just want to expand its military installations at your soil, the west loosing nothing if their goal fails to accomplish, on other hand tens of thousands or perhaps millions of locals will feel the raw and painful consequences in case Russia being forced to use force to grant its security. Can not be simpler than that. Your country is the another fiel of Russia-America interests confrontation, use your common sense and brain and end that fars before Russia ends it with force.
President Putin why do you think Ukraine is sexier?
Ukrainians don’t be scared of Russians just be brave and fight like TALIBANS as they broke Russia into pieces. ..❤👍
Donets is NOT the frontline with Russia.
1:10 How do you know the gun shots were coming from the other side?
I say Ukrainian people don’t go with NATO because nato is main reason for war and chaos in world
There is no frontline with russia
It’s a dron fight
They are brothers not enemy USA make them play enemies
No terrorussia – no problems!
Промзона АВДЕЕВКА
le covid 19 n a pas tuer le nombre de gens espéré , une guerre va s en charger
why sending an old woman there? makes this coverage quite comedic
Dictatorship is growing in Asia first Korea than Russia,China next India it could be dangerous for Mother Earth these dictatorship must be hanged
Even some American politicians