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Is there any regular route between Donetsk and ukrainian part of the country?
Now, there isn’t any direct bus from DPR/LPR to Ukraine. The way from Dnepropetrovsk/Kharkov/Zaporozhye to DPR/LPR is very exhausting and can even take time till 2 days. The buses from Ukraine drive to frontier towns which are controlled by Ukraine (as a rule it is Kurakhovo or Artyomovsk). Than passengers take bus to ukrainian checkpoint, there they change from one bus to another and move to the last ukrainian checkpoint. At that checkpoint from the neutral side, passangers change bus the last time and finally move to the territory which controlled by DPR.
This situation is the consequences of strange ukrainian pass-entry system through the line of contact. As a result, instead of the security we received a mockery of people and a plurality of corrupt business schemes.
The worst situation still at checkpoint “Zaytsevo” between Gorlovka and Artyomovsk. It is the most congested checkpoint, where queue everyday reaches for a few kilometers. Therefore, lot of people are forced to stay tonight in the fields in neutral zone, because ukrainian checkpoints are working from 8 till 17 hours. Just imagine the terrible situation now, when it is -24 degrees below zero, you didn’t manage to cross the border and you have to stay tonight in the cold bus or outside. In summary, the locals even more hate Ukraine and unfortunately, quite deservedly.
For example here are some videos of the queue on checkpoints: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9S20IvJng4 , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9zCQXR9UNU .