2014. Eastern Ukraine
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A Ukranian soldier stands on the road as separatists block the road to prevent them from advancing in Andreevka, a village 10km away from Slavyansk, East Ukraine on 02 May 2014. Two Ukrainian soldiers have been killed in the Ukranian city of Slavyansk, after pro-Russian forces shot down helicopters during the first major government offensive against Pro Russian militias in the east of Ukraine.
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Pro Russian militia take position near a barricade made with a train in Andreevka, a small village 10 km away from Slavyansk, Eastern Ukraine on May 4, 2014. Ukrainian Troops have taken the Regional TV building in the outskirts of Kramatorsk, switching off all the Russian channels and only allowing Ukranian broadcast.
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A local citizen shows ammunition from a seized APC that was set alight during a fighting between and government troops at Oktyabrskoye village, about 20 kms (12 miles) from Kramatorsk, eastern Ukraine, Wednesday, May 14, 2014.
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Medical workers attend a man shot in the leg by Ukranian militia. Ukranian militia tried to stop the referendum voting briefly taking the City Hall on May 11, where unarmed pro russian civilians were gathering, in the Eastern Ukranian town of Krasnoarmisk. After a while Ukranian militia went out from the building and started shooting to the people, killing at least one man and leaving two injured in critical condition.
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Six armored vehicles were taken by pro-Russian militants in Kramatorsk in eastern Ukraine. There are also reports of defections to the separatists' side. Krematosk, Ukraine. 16 April 2014
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Ukrainian soldiers arrive to reinforce a checkpoint that troops seized. Ukranian soldiers await on the road as separatists block the road to prevent them from advancing in Andreevka, a village 10km away from Slavyansk, East Ukraine on 02 May 2014. Two Ukrainian soldiers have been killed in the Ukranian city of Slavyansk, after pro-Russian forces shot down helicopters during the first major government offensive against Pro Russian militias in the east of Ukraine.
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Pro-Russian supporters celebrates after taking over the prosecutor building in Donetsk, Ukraine. May Day celebrations in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, have turned violent as pro-autonomy activists seized the local Prosecutor’s Office. Police responded with tear gas and stun grenades but later relinquished their weapons. 01 May 2014. Donetsk, Ukraine.
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Ukranian militia tried to stop the referendum voting briefly taking the City Hall on May 11, where unarmed pro russian civilians were gathering, in the Eastern Ukranian town of Krasnoarmisk. After a while Ukranian militia went out from the building and started shooting to the people, killing at least one man and leaving two injured in critical condition.
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The daugther of Alexandrovka Pavel Pavelko, 42, one of the victims, cries at the funeral ceremony of men killed in a gunfire that erupted near a makeshift checkpoint set up by pro-Russian separatists near Slavyansk in eastern Ukraine early on Sunday 20 April 2014, killing three people and one injured. 22 April 2014. Slavyansk, East Ukraine.
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Posters are seen affixed to a wall outside the regional administration building that was seized earlier in Donetsk, Ukraine, Friday, April 18, 2014.
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Relatives carry the coffin ,on 26 April 2014, during the funeral ceremony of Lubenect Alexander, 21, killed in a gunfire that erupted between Ukranian Special forces and Pro Russian self defense supporters near a makeshift checkpoint set up by pro-Russian separatists near Slavyansk in eastern Ukraine early on Sunday 24 April 2014. Slavyansk, Eastern Ukraine. MAYSUN/EPA
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The mother and the wife of Hyudych Vadim Yurievich cry during the funeral ceremony of her son in the Eatern Ukranian town of Krasnoarmisk, on May 13. Hyudych Vadim Yurievich, 39, a Ukranian man was killed by Ukranian militia Ukranian militia tried to stop the referendum voting briefly taking the City Hall on May 11, where unarmed pro russian civilians were gathering, in the Eastern Ukranian town of Krasnoarmisk. After a while Ukranian militia went out from the building and started shooting to the people, killing two man and leaving one injured in critical condition.
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Ukranian soldiers await on the road as separatists block the road to prevent them from advancing in Andreevka, a village 10km away from Slavyansk, East Ukraine on 02 May 2014. Two Ukrainian soldiers have been killed in the Ukranian city of Slavyansk, after pro-Russian forces shot down helicopters during the first major government offensive against Pro Russian militias in the east of Ukraine.
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Ukrainian demonstrator wears a ukranian flag as a cape decorating her braid during a pro Ukrainian demonstration in Donetsk, Ukraine, Thursday, April 17, 2014.
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Pro Russian supporters negotiate with a Ukrainian police officer during the assault of the prosecutor building in Donetsk, Ukraine. May Day celebrations in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, have turned violent as pro-autonomy activists seized the local Prosecutor’s Office. Police responded with tear gas and stun grenades but later relinquished their weapons. 01 May 2014. Donetsk, Ukraine.
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View of the mother of Vladimir, 29, still alive and recovering at the Kramatorsk Hospital, was hit by a grenade, thrown by Ukranian soldiers, while trying to save a comrade who was shot around 20 pm, on May 2, at the Ukranian Troops checkpoint in Andreevka, a small village 10 km away from Slavyansk, Eastern Ukraine. May 4, Kramatorsk, Eastern Ukraine.
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Sergey, Polyakov, 1977. Wounded in the legs and lungs by a helicopter of Ukranian Troops when he was at the checkpoint of Andreevka, a small village 10 km away from Slavyansk, Eastern Ukraine. May 5, Kramatorsk, Eastern Ukraine.
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Gunfire erupted near a makeshift checkpoint set up by pro-Russian separatists near Slavyansk in eastern Ukraine early on Sunday 20 April 2014, killing at least two people.
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Ukranian militia tried to stop the referendum voting briefly taking the City Hall on May 11, where unarmed pro russian civilians were gathering, in the Eastern Ukranian town of Krasnoarmisk. After a while Ukranian militia went out from the building and started shooting to the people, killing at least one man and leaving two injured in critical condition.
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A woman with her daughter swinging alongside Ukrainian police during a pro Ukrainian demonstration in Donetsk, Ukraine, Thursday, April 17, 2014.
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An injured Pro Russian supporter bleeds dafter confronting Pro Ukranian supporters. A Pro Ukranian demonstration has taken place in Sergey Bubka Square. Pro Russian supporters have stormed the demonstration confronting the pro ukranians leaving several people injured. 28 April 2014. Donetsk, Eastern Ukraine.
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A man offers flowers on the wall of the family house at the funeral ceremony , on May 13, of Hyudych Vadim Yurievich, 39, a Ukranian man killed by Ukranian militia Ukranian militia tried to stop the referendum voting briefly taking the City Hall on May 11, where unarmed pro russian civilians were gathering, in the Eastern Ukranian town of Krasnoarmisk. After a while Ukranian militia went out from the building and started shooting to the people, killing two man and leaving one injured in critical condition.
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A Pro-Russian supporter throws a chair out of a window of the offices of Industrial Union of Donbass Corporation in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, Saturday, May 3, 2014, Pro Russian supporters led by masked men stormed the Ukrainian regional office of the Security Service in Donetsk in Donetsk chanting pro-Russia slogans and shouted "We will not forgive Odessa" on Saturday, May 3, 2014, They then moved to Industrial Union of the Donbass, the group 49 per cent owned by Donetsk governor Serhiy Taruta and smashed their way into the building. No police were deployed to block the building takeover. 03 May 2014. Donetsk, Ukraine.
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View of a barricade at the entrance of the regional administration building that was seized earlier in Donetsk, Ukraine, Friday, April 18, 2014.
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Former Soviet Union army veteran sings a song during Victory Day celebration, which commemorates the 1945 defeat of Nazi Germany in Donetsk, Eastern Ukraine. May 9, 2014.
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People attend, on 22 April 2014, the funeral ceremony of men killed in a gunfire that erupted near a makeshift checkpoint set up by pro-Russian separatists near Slavyansk in eastern Ukraine early on Sunday 20 April 2014, killing three people and one injured.
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Family carry flowers and a cross during the burial of Pavel Pavelko, 42 during the burial in Alexandrovka village. Three people were killed and one injured killed in a gunfire that erupted near a makeshift checkpoint set up by pro-Russian separatists near Slavyansk in eastern Ukraine early on Sunday 20 April 2014. 22 April 2014. Alexandrovka, East Ukraine.
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Pro Russian suppporters are view at the local administration building in Kramatorsk, Ukraine. On Saturday, news reports claimed fighting broke out in the city of Kramatorsk, about 15 kilometers south of Slovyansk. Local residents say Ukrainian government troops opened fire on a crowd of unarmed protesters.
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Pro Russian supporters, one of them cossack, Take positions to make the honoring shooting, on 26 April 2014, during the funeral ceremony of Lubenect Alexander, 21, killed in a gunfire that erupted between Ukranian Special forces and Pro Russian self defense supporters near a makeshift checkpoint set up by pro-Russian separatists near Slavyansk in eastern Ukraine early on Sunday 24 April 2014. Slavyansk, Eastern Ukraine.
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Pro-Russian supporters pray next to the Regional Administration building in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, Saturday, May 3, 2014, in memory of fallen comrades during fighting with pro-Ukrainian activists in Odessa on Friday.
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Orthodox devotees carry candles and pray fro hours while walking around the church during Easter Sunday rites in Donetsk, Ukraine, early Sunday, April 20, 2014.