Ceasefire brings limited respite for east Ukrainians


A man, whose mother according to locals was killed by an early morning shelling, reacts while sitting near her coffin, outside the damaged house before her funeral in Donetsk, Ukraine, in this July 7, 2015 file photo. REUTERS/Igor Tkachenko/Files

DONETSK, Ukraine(Reuters) - Natalya Brazhnikova goes to sell bread each day at a badly charred market on the outskirts of Donetsk in east Ukraine despite the risk of shelling and gunfire.

Since her husband lost his job when the local coalmine closed because of fighting between government forces and pro-Russian separatists, their family has depended on the money she makes to survive.

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