Pro-Ukrainian protests in Donetsk did not have any effect due to the fact that people came to the city with weapons and peaceful protest could no longer be carried out.

This was told in an interview with Apostrophe by the well-known Donetsk scholar-religious scholar, who was released from the captivity of the militants, Igor Kozlovsky.

"When we all saw that the so-called law enforcement agencies also betrayed. When a stream of Russians poured across the border on cars and buses, and then we saw them in Donetsk. We saw that we were simply being poured out. And it became clear that something was going on outside the control of the central government, and we can protest first only in the form of meetings, and then there was a prayer marathon that stood under Ukrainian banners, even when the "Riflemen" entered the city. But it is clear that this was a civil protest, a peaceful protest, which may have worked in some countries, but it did not work here, "said Kozlovsky.

At the same time, people in the Donbas were also not close to the pro-European values ??that the people backed up on the Maidan.

"We are saying" European values, "but in fact, this is actually a human conquest.

No one in the street could hear this from the man in the street. But, on the other hand, a person who lives in lower needs, based on Maslow's pyramid, reacts not so much to his consciousness as to security needs, something to eat and some household things. And then Russia reveals his arms to him and says that it will all be for you, just run to us. Especially since many kept in touch with Russia: some people have relatives there, some go to earn money, the scientist thinks..