despite the fact that Ukraine has lost Donetsk for 7 years

From the little I've read, this is confused in itself - we still recognise it as part of the Ukraine but my knowledge of the subject won't even be close to yours!

I hope things work with the fight against corruption but it's everywhere in various forms. The press itself has its own biases and I wouldn't be surprised if the bits that don't get printed are far worse than what does!