A year ago Larissa Bilotserkovets, 61, stood in Donetsk with a Ukrainian flag wrapped around her shoulders. As people around her waved Russian flags and shouted "Russia!" she, standing alone, argued Ukraine should turn westward and enter the European Union.
International Business Times: With broken economy and scarce jobs, Ukraine’s displaced people depend on volunteers
A Refugee family from a city in the Donetsk Oblast controlled by pro-Russia separatists sit together in a center for refugees in the eastern Ukrainian city of Slavyansk, which is controlled by Ukrainian forces on March 12.
