In possibly the first large protest against Russia’s war in a separatist-controlled city, some 500 residents in Donetsk staged a rally and blocked the main Artema Street.

A local resident identified as Yevgeny said on YouTube, referring to the Kremlin-backed separatists who occupy Donetsk: “They don’t care about us at all. Nothing is being done to stop the war. The two sides have to come to terms. If the other part doesn’t want peace, then it has to be forced to.”