Ahead of Ukraine Vote, Fighting Continues in East

A car wash is seen after it was destroyed by shelling from Ukrainian government forces in Slovyansk, Ukraine, May 23, 2014.

A local looks at a damaged vehicle following a gun battle in the rural settlement of Karlovka, west of Donetsk, Ukraine, May 23, 2014.

People walk next to an armoured vehicle left as a monument at the Independence Square, Kyiv, May 23, 2014.

A woman takes a picture of an armoured vehicle in Independence Square, Kyiv, May 23, 2014.

A pro-Russian man with a black and orange ribbon of St. George attached to his weapon stands in Slovyansk, Ukraine, May 23, 2014.

Oleh Lyashko, leader of Ukrainian Radical Party and presidential candidate, speaks to self-defense volunteers at a training ground outside Kyiv, May 23, 2014.