Volodymyr Agranovich, pro-Russian filmmaker from Donetsk says "in 2020 you couldn't say that you were from the DPR" and that "you had to hide" because "people wouldn't work with you", admitting that the majority of Donetsk people were against the DPR

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• And then the SMO started. I remember waking up on the 24th (of February) as a very happy person.
• Because... Yes, I was horrified that the whole Ukraine was burning. I had a thought that finally what is starting to happen here... We are finally moving somewhere.
• Finally, Russia decided to be great again so to speak. I can finally be myself. In 2020 you couldn't say that you were from the DPR.
• Because the majority (of people) in the city weren't for the DPR. They were traveling to Ukraine. Things have calmed down.
• They could see life was undoubtedly better in Ukraine than in Donetsk. We didn't have new constructions, investments, etc. in Donetsk.
• Ukraine was developing and people who weren't involved in the militia and traveled there saw the difference.
• If you were to say you are for the DPR and suchlike, people wouldn't work with you. You had to hide. you had to live in some kind of twilight.
• In the underground.
• Yes! Yes!