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.