![Ukraine rebel leaders sworn in, Kiev says peace plan violated](https://eng-archive.aawsat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/1415110260091181100.jpg)
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The newly elected leader of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic, Alexander Zakharchenko (C), arrives on November 4, 2014 at the main theater of Donesk for his inauguration. (AFP PHOTO/ ALEXANDER KHUDOTEPLY)
![Ukraine rebel leaders sworn in, Kiev says peace plan violated](https://eng-archive.aawsat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/1415110260091181100.jpg)
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An armed man guards the entrance as local people stand in line outside a polling station during elections in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DNR), in Donetsk, Ukraine, on November 2, 2014. (EPA/ANASTASIA VLASOVA)
![Pro-Russian rebels vote for leaders in eastern Ukraine](https://eng-archive.aawsat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/1414919240075940100.jpg)
Pro-Russian rebels vote for leaders in eastern Ukraine
Donetsk, Reuters—Pro-Russian rebels voted to set up a separatist leadership in eastern Ukraine on Sunday, aiming to take the war-torn region closer to Russia and defying Kiev and the West, as shelling continued across the territory. The United States and European...Caption:
A man sits at a polling station in the eastern Ukrainian town of Kramatorsk, on October 24, 2014. (EPA/Roman Pilipey)
![On eve of poll, Ukraine leader seeks support for pro-Europe course](https://eng-archive.aawsat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/ukraine-elections.jpg)
On eve of poll, Ukraine leader seeks support for pro-Europe course
Kiev, Reuters—President Petro Poroshenko called on Ukrainians on Saturday to elect a majority on Sunday that would see through a pro-Europe, reform agenda and break with the Soviet past. Poroshenko, who is expecting a big win for his political bloc in the first...Caption:
A Ukrainian serviceman is pictured next to an armored vehicle near the village of Debaltseve in eastern Ukraine September 21, 2014. (REUTERS/David Mdzinarishvili)
![Ukrainians to pull back big guns from front line with separatists](https://eng-archive.aawsat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/1411317540030000500.jpg)
Ukrainians to pull back big guns from front line with separatists
Kiev, Reuters—Ukraine’s military said on Monday it was pulling back artillery and heavy armor from the front line with separatists, backing President Petro Poroshenko’s peace plan for a conflict that has cost more than 3,000 lives. Taking a noticeably soft...Caption:
Ukrainian servicemen ride on an armored vehicle in the eastern Ukrainian town of Kramatorsk on September 20, 2014. (Reuters/David Mdzinarishvili)
![Buffer zone agreed on in Ukrainian peace talks](https://eng-archive.aawsat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/ukraine-army.jpg)