In Isolation: Dispatches from Occupied Donbas

In this exceptional collection of dispatches from occupied Donbas, writer and journalist Stanislav Aseyev details the internal and external changes observed in the cities of Makiïvka and Donetsk in eastern Ukraine. Aseyev scrutinizes his immediate environment and questions himself in an attempt to understand the reasons behind the success of Russian propaganda among the working—class residents of the industrial region of Donbas.

In this work of documentary prose, Aseyev focuses on the early ...