A frozen conflict: Life in eastern Ukraine

DONETSK, Ukraine –- For seven months, a battle has raged in eastern Ukraine, claiming the lives of at least 4,000 people.

Although Russia-backed separatists and the central government in Kiev agreed on a ceasefire in September, the two sides have been unable to find peace and rockets continue to rain down on the eastern regions.

Russian photographer Evgeny Feldman recently captured what life is like inside the separatist enclave known as the "Donetsk People’s Republic."

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A mother and child play basketball in a courtyard of an apartment complex on the outskirts of separatist-controlled Donetsk. Credit: Evgeny Feldman

Students play soccer at a school field in Donetsk near a building riddled with shrapnel from a rocket. On Wednesday, two students were killed and four others were injured when shells exploded on a high school sports field. Credit: Evgeny Feldman

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