The struggle between the government and separatists for eastern Ukraine is taking its toll on the area 's residents . Ukraine 's President has cut off social services in ` ` occupied '' areas , and many in Donetsk are starving . It does however have its own souvenir mugs , and has symbolically adopted a different time zone from Kiev . There are no banks left open in the city ; residents in the city line up for food handouts driven in from beyond the city . Donetsk 's residents resent Ukraine 's Kiev - based government , but also the rebels ' inability to help them .
The struggle between the government and separatists for eastern Ukraine is taking its toll on the area 's residents . Ukraine 's President has cut off social services in ` ` occupied '' areas , and many in Donetsk are starving . There are no banks left open in the city ; residents in the city line up for food handouts driven in from beyond the city . Donetsk 's residents resent Ukraine 's Kiev - based government , but also the rebels ' inability to help them .