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A woman walks past an election poster of businessman, politician and presidential candidate Petro Poroshenko, a day after Ukrainian presidential election. in Kiev May 26, 2014. (REUTERS/Gleb Garanich)
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A woman casts her ballot at a polling station during Ukraine’s presidential elections in the eastern Ukrainian town of Krasnoermeisk (Red Army), northwest of Donetsk May 25, 2014. (REUTERS/Yannis Behrakis)
Ukraine election draws high turnout, voters blocked in fearful east
Kiev/Donetsk, Reuters—Ukrainians voted on Sunday in a presidential election billed as the most important since they won their independence from Moscow 23 years ago, but armed pro-Russian separatists disrupted voting in eastern regions of the former Soviet republic....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:
Ukrainian politicans Vitaly Klitschko (R) and Petro Poroshenko shake hands during an UDAR (Punch) party meeting in Kiev on March 29, 2014. (REUTERS/Andriy Skakodub/Pool )
Ukraine’s Klitschko ends presidential bid, backs billionaire run
Kiev, Bloomberg—Former world boxing champion Vitali Klitschko dropped his bid for Ukraine’s presidency to support the frontrunner, billionaire Petro Poroshenko, setting up a clash with ex-Premier Yulia Tymoshenko. “Democratic forces should have one...Caption:
Russian President Vladimir Putin, center, chairs a Security Council meeting in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Friday, March 28, 2014. Russia’s president says Ukraine could regain some arms and equipment of military units in Crimea that did not switch their loyalty to Russia. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Alexei Nikolsky, Presidential Press Service)