Ukraine, at the forefront of the Donbass front under a shower of artillery shells

NOVOLUGANSK (UKRAINE) – That’s how it is when they shoot at you. Swear words, heart pounding, the earth shaking and making you tremble something deep in your lungs. Nothing new for those who follow conflicts, but they always have the same damn fear.

With a group of international journalists we were following the visit of the Ukrainian Minister of the Interior, Denis Monastirskij, to the troops at the Donbass front, the powder keg around which the destinies of the Ukrainian crisis are being played out, and in the trenches of Novolugansk, shots have begun to rain. artillery.