Images from Ukraine
![An armed pro-Russian separatist from the so-called Vostok (East) Battalion stands guard at a checkpoint in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk July 8, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/012a5d37-0e98-4883-97fb-0c2c9fd21b2a_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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An armed pro-Russian separatist from the so-called Vostok (East) Battalion stands guard at a checkpoint in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk July 8, 2014.
![Ukrainian paratroopers gather near the eastern Ukrainian city of Slovyansk, July 8, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/a6211d5a-30de-4a7f-b5e1-b884b5ef63ff_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Ukrainian paratroopers gather near the eastern Ukrainian city of Slovyansk, July 8, 2014.
![A Ukrainian soldier stands near a destroyed military vehicle that belonged to pro-Russian separatists just outside the eastern Ukrainian city of Slovyansk, July 7, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/7d9f733f-b07d-4e85-8422-21098c99eafd_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A Ukrainian soldier stands near a destroyed military vehicle that belonged to pro-Russian separatists just outside the eastern Ukrainian city of Slovyansk, July 7, 2014.
![A local resident walks past a Ukrainian armored vehicle in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk, July 7, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/d4f51c20-dfe7-4385-a3ce-fb0c1a35586f_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A local resident walks past a Ukrainian armored vehicle in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk, July 7, 2014.