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Ukrainian soldiers man a checkpoint outside the town of Amvrosiivka, eastern Ukraine, close to the Russian border, on June 5, 2014. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
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A column of Ukrainian paratroopers rides in Druzhkivka, Donetsk region on April 19, 2014. (AFP PHOTO/ ANATOLII STEPANOV)
Fighting in eastern Ukraine kills 43 in 24 hours
Donetsk, AP—Government troops fought to gain control of the rebel-held city of Donetsk and a key highway in eastern Ukraine on Wednesday, in battles that left 34 residents and nine troops dead in just 24 hours, authorities said. The Ukrainian troops are trying to...Caption:
Convoy of Russian trucks carrying humanitarian aid wait 17 miles from the Ukrainian border in the Rostov-on-Don region, Russia, on August 14, 2014. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)
Russian aid convoy checked; military vehicles mass near Ukraine
Kamensk-Shakhtinsky (Russia), Reuters—Dozens of heavy Russian military vehicles massed on Friday near the border with Ukraine, while Ukrainian border guards crossed the frontier to inspect a huge Russian aid convoy. Kiev has said the humanitarian aid might be used as...Caption:
Trucks from a Russian humanitarian convoy arrive outside the town of Kamensk-Shakhtinsky in the Rostov region, some 19 miles (30km) from the Russian-Ukrainian border, Russia, on August 14, 2014. (AFP PHOTO / ANDREY KRONBERG)
Game of chicken with Russian aid convoy
Kamensk-Shakhtinsky, Russia, AP—In a diplomatic game of chicken, a large Russian aid convoy rolled toward the Ukrainian border on Thursday—but it was heading toward a crossing controlled by pro-Russian rebels instead of a government post as Ukraine had demanded....Caption:
Ukrainian soldiers stand on their tanks at a checkpoint near the eastern Ukrainian city of Debalcevo, in Ukraine, August 3, 2014. (EPA/ROMAN PILIPEY)