Events in Ukraine
![A pro-Russian gunman speaks by phone in front of the city hall decorated with the flag of self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic, in the center of Slovyansk, eastern Ukraine, May 8, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/44070f62-6c40-4e53-937a-ca39ca42ddc8_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A pro-Russian gunman speaks by phone in front of the city hall decorated with the flag of self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic, in the center of Slovyansk, eastern Ukraine, May 8, 2014.
![A pro-Russia man takes cover from the rain with a piece of wood at the barricades surrounding the Donetsk administration building after a press conference to inform the media about a referendum, May 8, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/97a96862-7df7-4682-a5c1-fe39a00545a6_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A pro-Russia man takes cover from the rain with a piece of wood at the barricades surrounding the Donetsk administration building after a press conference to inform the media about a referendum, May 8, 2014.
![A pro-Russian gunman atop a car patrols through the center of Slovyansk, eastern Ukraine, May 8, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/ca1c06d8-def4-4a68-a3af-3c2ce066ebdf_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A pro-Russian gunman atop a car patrols through the center of Slovyansk, eastern Ukraine, May 8, 2014.
![The mother of a Cossack man killed in the burning of the trade union on May 2 holds a candle while crying next to his coffin during the funeral in Odessa, Ukraine, May 8, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/ee3a9ffc-7d4a-4581-aa46-5d5f520c5215_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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The mother of a Cossack man killed in the burning of the trade union on May 2 holds a candle while crying next to his coffin during the funeral in Odessa, Ukraine, May 8, 2014.