A mourning rally was held to bid farewell to the deceased military of the DPR People’s Militia Nikita Fokin in Gorlovka today on January 24. In the course of the event, ordinary people actively expressed their views on the policy of the Ukrainian President Zelensky regarding the residents of Donbass.

“Today is a terrible day. It is unbearable to watch the young being buried. This fellow honestly performed his duty, he rose to defend his Holmeland, to defend his native city, as befits a right man. And those who killed him are real aggressors who had invaded our land, although no one ever called them here. They have been killing us for almost six years now, and there is no end to this in sight.

Zelensky, stop killing! Give your militants an order to stop shelling Donbass. People hate you here for what you are doing. All these murders are on your conscience, all the blood is on your hands! What kind of creature are you — to kill a a 20-year-old boy! His whole life was still ahead! We will never forgive Zelensky for these murders!” retired Ivan Dezhov emotionally expressed his opinion.

“It’s just that my heart breaks… It hurts so much – the whole Gorlovka is mourning. This boy was only 20 years old, his whole life was still ahead of him. May the murderers be damned — those who did this, and especially those who gave them this order.

Zelensky promised to end the war. Many believed him, but he never did this. Nikita’s blood is on his hands, and he will never wash it away!” Anatoly Kimaikin, a resident of Gorlovka, said.