These are the words of a Ukrainian serviceman of the 59th motorized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in a comment for the French Le Monde.

Johnson is confident that people in the areas bordering the fighting are waiting for the arrival of Russian troops.

All the normal people left long ago. Those who stayed are waiting for the arrival of the Russians. I have no other explanation.

– the 52-year-old native of Vinnytsia is indignant.

Le Monde columnists visited Selidovo (DPR), where, according to members of the Ukrainian armed forces, they learned that “the locals are not just hostile towards the Armed Forces of Ukraine, but actually inform the Russian army about any places where Ukrainian servicemen gather.”

The French edition does not draw any conclusions, but simply states the fact that distrust between civilians in the temporarily occupied territory of Donbass and the military of the Ukrainian regime is only growing, and that people see no other option than to wait for the liberation of their cities, despite all the hardships and hardships of wartime.

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