Forwarded from Eva Karene Bartlett (Yeva)
*Workers in Mariupol waiting their turn to vote in the referendum.
For the first time in a long time I can actually say, today in the DPR was a good day. Instead of reporting on Donbass civilians slaughtered by Ukrainian shelling, my day was filled with some optimism, filming Donetsk citizens and Mariupol citizens voting in the referendum (on whether or not to join Russia), also seeing an impressive, massive, newly constructed housing project in Mariupol which includes a kindergarten and a school for over 1000 children.
Oh, and by pure chance, being in Mariupol at the right place, right time, I met the mayor—no, not the runaway mayor cited by western media, the sources of endless propaganda & hoaxes—the actual current mayor, who did not leave his city during the fighting.
More updates tomorrow (I've been largely offline most of the day and do all the editing and writing myself, so it takes time, and internet :) )
For the first time in a long time I can actually say, today in the DPR was a good day. Instead of reporting on Donbass civilians slaughtered by Ukrainian shelling, my day was filled with some optimism, filming Donetsk citizens and Mariupol citizens voting in the referendum (on whether or not to join Russia), also seeing an impressive, massive, newly constructed housing project in Mariupol which includes a kindergarten and a school for over 1000 children.
Oh, and by pure chance, being in Mariupol at the right place, right time, I met the mayor—no, not the runaway mayor cited by western media, the sources of endless propaganda & hoaxes—the actual current mayor, who did not leave his city during the fighting.
More updates tomorrow (I've been largely offline most of the day and do all the editing and writing myself, so it takes time, and internet :) )
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