All roads leading to and from Zolote-4 are blocked by armed police patrols that are on 24/7 guard duty. We were not allowed to travel by car. So, we set out on foot…

Article by: Andriy Dubchak

We visited the village of Zolote-4 and the village of Katerynivka. There’s an atmosphere of total distrust among the villagers. Some are for, others are against. But, everyone is scared. They are scared of one other, the police, the military, the media, the gray zone and the fact that “those guys will come here”.

Most of the people we spoke to were inadequately informed by the authorities about events directly related to their present and future, and to their actual physical existence.

Photo report by Andriy Dubchak, with Marian Kushnir, October 31, 2019

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Tags: disengagement, Katerynivka, Zolote