Donetsk is a 7 letter English word.
You can make 180 anagrams from letters in Donetsk (deknost).
Artillery and mortar duels all around the outskirts of Donetsk rumble angrily every day.
In Donetsk, there is at least the appearance of some sort of formalized legal process.
In front of its offices in Donetsk, there is an armored military vehicle.
But the calmness in rebel-held Donetsk on Sunday night suggested no big push is planned in the next few hours, at least.
Donetsk, formerly a make-believe republic, is turning into a little neo-Soviet state.
Gone are the wild-eyed revolutionaries in Donetsk and Luhansk, replaced by steely-eyed bureaucrats and seasoned combat veterans.
Bershin, who worked with the Ukrainian police before rebels took control of Donetsk, says officers have to be extra vigilant.
Her house in Donetsk, she says, has been taken over by rebels and her family is now all but homeless.
But for most people in Donetsk there is nowhere to go in the evening with most restaurants and bars closed.
Official Donetsk Republic business was log-jammed because the high command had only one stamp for documents and identity papers.