Eva Bartlett report from Donbass frontline

Eva Bartlett writes: While in the DPR in October, I went to a front line outpost 70 m from Ukrainian forces in Avdeevka, according to the Donbass commanders I spoke with. While many in the West think that this conflict started in February 2022, those following events since 2014 are aware of the origins of the conflict & the sacrifices which the people of the Donbass republics have endured, particularly those fighting to protect their families and loved ones. Just as the heroes of the Syrian Arab Army were maligned, so too have Donbass forces have been maligned by Western media, though both are defending their homelands from terrorist forces trained and funded by the West. Terrorists given the freedom to commit endless atrocities against Donbass civilians. These defenders—many living in dank trench conditions, under constant Ukrainian shelling—didn’t chose war, they responded to it, to protect their loved ones & their future. In spite of over 8 years of being warred up