A monument depicting an anti-aircraft missile system Krug (Circle) stands outside a damaged, former military unit near the airport in Donetsk, Ukraine, September 13, 2017. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko
DONETSK, Ukraine (Reuters) - Ruined houses, shell craters and deserted streets - this is a typical scene in the Oktyabrsky district of Donetsk, the largest city of Ukraine's pro-Russian rebel region that bears the same name.
The self-styled Donetsk and next-door Luhansk "people's republics" broke away from central rule in 2014 after months of violent street protests in Kiev toppled Ukraine's Moscow-leaning president and propelled pro-Western nationalists to power.
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