The eastern Ukrainian region of Donetsk, which is being fought over by Ukrainian and Russian troops, has a new governor. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky appointed Vadym Filashkin by a decree published on Thursday. Filashkin has been the region’s deputy governor since February 2019. His predecessor Pavlo Kyrylenko was appointed head of the cartel office in Kiev in September. Russia lays claim to the Donetsk region. More than half of the region on the border with Russia is occupied by Russian troops. In a further decree, Zelensky appointed Olexander Koval as the new governor for the weste…