Ukraine Prepares for Election
![Ukrainian presidential candidate Petro Poroshenko and former U.S.Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, shake hands during a meeting in Kyiv, May 24, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/F9CEFA1A-D784-45F0-A38E-5CF49925757E_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Ukrainian presidential candidate Petro Poroshenko and former U.S.Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, shake hands during a meeting in Kyiv, May 24, 2014.
![Ukrainian lawmaker Oleg Tsarev, center right, and Denis Pushilin, one of the leaders of so-called "Donetsk People's Republic", center left, address their supporters during a rally in Donetsk, Ukraine, May 24, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/223B4CF7-320C-4FCA-9571-4B2DF7BDD7F4_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Ukrainian lawmaker Oleg Tsarev, center right, and Denis Pushilin, one of the leaders of so-called "Donetsk People's Republic", center left, address their supporters during a rally in Donetsk, Ukraine, May 24, 2014.
![Prime minister of the self-declared Donetsk republic Oleksandr Boroday, sits with armed security during the congress of representatives of Ukrainian south-east regions, in Donetsk, Ukraine, May 24, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/78827543-464C-4756-BC08-A859AB4A0B02_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Prime minister of the self-declared Donetsk republic Oleksandr Boroday, sits with armed security during the congress of representatives of Ukrainian south-east regions, in Donetsk, Ukraine, May 24, 2014.
![Pallbearers carry the coffin of a pro-Russian insurgent during a funeral for him and four other people, attended by thousands, Stakhanov, eastern Ukraine, May 24, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/2E4F3B7B-9EFD-4631-955A-30A89CFDDE95_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Pallbearers carry the coffin of a pro-Russian insurgent during a funeral for him and four other people, attended by thousands, Stakhanov, eastern Ukraine, May 24, 2014.