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This R&D provides resources on Ukraine’s ongoing war in Donbass.  The country has been fighting separatists in the eastern cultural region of Donbass since March.  The fighting has largely resulted in a stalemate, as Russian forces have been supplying aid to the separatist forces.  The West supports the Ukrainian government, but human rights groups have criticized President Petro Poroshenko for embargoing Donbass, saying that it will starve the people living there and leave people without adequate energy for the winter.