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Duckhunter935

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1. Saw that on the webcam
Sun Jul 6, 2014, 05:39 PM
Jul 2014

square was never full but there were quite a few, I would say around a thousand at most. The tight shot makes it look fuller than I saw. Even at "several thousand" out of a population of almost a million, what awesome support the separatists seem to draw.

Rebel fighters from Slovyansk could be seen walking through Donetsk on Sunday in groups of 10 to 15. Most were still wearing camouflage, but some sported identical new bright-colored shorts and shirts. It was an unsuccessful effort to blend in with the civilian population, since they still carried automatic weapons.

Nothing wrong with armed fighters now dressing as civilians

Donetsk currently has a population of over 982,000 inhabitants (2010)[1] and has a metropolitan area of over 2,000,000 inhabitants (2011). According to the 2001 Ukrainian Census, Donetsk is the fifth-largest city in Ukraine.[2]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donetsk

webcam
http://velton.ua/ru/webcams/Wide2HQ.shtml

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