DONETSK, Ukraine: In camouflage uniforms and red caps, a group of young people gather in the Ukrainian rebels’ de facto capital of Donetsk to sing patriotic songs and discuss the conflict.

They are members of Patriot, a youth club set up by separatist authorities in the self-proclaimed republic, who are increasingly glorifying the Soviet past.

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