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Armed pro-Russian separatists stand guard at a checkpoint outside the town of Metalist, north of Luhansk, in Ukraine’s east in 2014. (AFP)


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Miners arrive to help with the rescue effort in Zasyadko coal mine in Donetsk on March 4, 2015. (Reuters/Baz Ratner)


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Ukrainian servicemen sit on an Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC) at a checkpoint near the town of Svitlodarsk, Donetsk region, on February 16, 2015. (AFP PHOTO / ANATOLII STEPANOV)


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Pro-Russian rebels stationed in Donetsk region launch missiles toward a position of the Ukrainian forces in Debaltseve, about 20 miles away, on February 13, 2015. (AFP Photo/Andrey Borodulin)


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A woman walks past a destroyed bus in Donetsk after shelling hit the central bus station on February 11, 2015.
(AFP Photo/Vasily Maximov)


Fighting in Ukraine continues ahead of peace talks

Fighting in Ukraine continues ahead of peace talks

Donetsk, AP—Shelling rocked a bus station in the rebel stronghold of Donetsk Wednesday as fighting continued to rage in eastern Ukraine ahead of crucial peace talks later in the day. Rebel officials said that five people were killed and nine wounded at the scene of...