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Unidentified members of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission in Ukraine get out of a vehicle next to Alexander Borodai, right, prime minister of the self-proclaimed “Donetsk People’s Republic,” on arrival at the city of Donetsk after being released from captivity, June 27, 2014. (Reuters/Shamil Zhumato)
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Barricades are seen in the eastern Ukrainian town of Slaviansk on June 10, 2014. (Reuters/Gleb Garanich)
Russia to submit draft UN resolution on Ukraine
Moscow, Reuters—Russia plans to submit a draft resolution to the UN Security Council to put pressure on Ukraine to implement a “road map” to peace, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov was quoted as saying on Thursday. The road map was drawn up by the...Caption:
Pro-Russian armed militants stand guard at a barricade which faces a position manned by Ukrainian army soldiers near the eastern Ukrainian city of Slavyansk, Donetsk region, on May 23, 2014. (AFP PHOTO / VIKTOR DRACHEV)
Armed clashes in east as Ukraine counts down to election
Kiev and Karlovka, Reuters—Armed pro-Russian separatists and a Ukrainian militia group clashed in the east of Ukraine on Friday, leaving at least two dead and heightening tension ahead of a presidential election called to draw a line under six months of bloody...Caption:
A man wearing a black and orange ribbon of St. George, a symbol widely associated with pro-Russian protests in Ukraine, reacts outside a trade union building where a deadly fire occurred, in Odessa, Ukraine, on May 3, 2014. Ukrainian Interior Ministry security forces members are seen in the background. (REUTERS/Gleb Garanich)
Dozens killed in Ukraine riot and fire
Odessa and Slaviansk, Reuters—At least 42 people were killed in street battles between supporters and opponents of Russia in southern Ukraine that ended with dozens of pro-Russian protesters incinerated in a burning building, bringing the country closer to war....Caption:
The self-styled mayor of Slaviansk, Vyacheslav Ponomaryov, leaves a news conference in the mayor’s office in Slaviansk on April 26, 2014. Separatists in the eastern Ukrainian city of Slaviansk are ready to exchange a group of international observers they are holding for fellow rebels who are in the custody of the Ukrainian authorities, Ponomaryov said on Saturday. (REUTERS/Gleb Garanich)