Ukraine’s rebel capital seeks ersatz normality

By Peter Leonard

Published August 20, 2014 9:10am ET

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Ukraine’s rebel capital seeks ersatz normality — Local residents stand in line to get benefit payments outside the rebel headquarters in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2014. A crowd formed outside the rebel headquarters, once the Donetsk region administrative building, in Donetsk amid rumors that pension and disability payments and child assistance were being given out. (AP Photo/Max Vetrov) | Max Vetrov

DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) — It has been weeks since Donetsk last had a traffic jam.

The regular rumble on the edge of this besieged city in eastern Ukraine is a constant reminder of the government’s effort to shell armed pro-Russian separatists out of their stronghold. Rebels give as good as they get, blindly lobbing shells back at an unseen foe.

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