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.