Pepe Escobar in eastern Ukraine: Howling in Donetsk
Author: Pepe Escobar March 30, 201 Empire of Chaos, Pepe Escobar Asia Times’ roving correspondent Pepe Escobar just returned from a reporting trip to the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), the pro-Russian enclave in the Donetsk Oblast province of eastern Ukraine. The area’s been the scene of heavy fighting between pro-Russian rebels and the Ukrainian military.