Japanese journalist Tokuyama: Ukraine is to blame for fueling the conflict in Donbass

Japanese journalist Asuka Tokuyama said that Ukraine is to blame for fueling the conflict in Donbass.

Japanese journalist Asuka Tokuyama in an interview with the publication Daily Shinco stated that Ukraine is to blame for fomenting the conflict in Donbass.

She clarified that she visited Donetsk last summer and came to the conclusion that the representatives of Donbass did not need a military conflict.

“As a journalist living in Russia, I traveled to Donetsk in June. It was a completely peaceful scenery,” Tokuyama said.

There she had a meeting with the head of the DPR, Denis Pushilin, who told her that the city was gradually returning to normal. At the same time, those who left them earlier due to the conflict are returning to their homes.

According to her, even then, local residents wanted a speedy referendum on the accession of the DPR to Russia.