Photos Ukraine Vs Russia 2014-2021

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Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, right, congratulates new Ukrainian defense Minister Valeriy Heletey during a session of the parliament in Kiev, Ukraine, Thursday, July 3, 2014. Ukraine’s president shook up the leadership of his poorly performing military on Thursday, appointing a new defense minister and top general tasked with stamping out the corruption that has left the country’s armed forces faltering before a pro-Russian insurgency. (AP Photo/Sergei Chuzavkov)

New Ukrainian Defense Minister Valeriy Heletey speaks to lawmakers during a session of the parliament in Kiev, Ukraine, Thursday, July 3, 2014

Ukrainian army soldiers move to a position near the village of Dovgenke, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine Tuesday, June 24, 2014. The weeklong cease-fire declared by the Ukrainian president should be extended and accompanied by talks between the government and the rebels, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday.(AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)

Ukrainian army soldiers speak at a check-point near a city of Slovyansk, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine Tuesday, June 24, 2014. (AP Photo/Mstyslav Chernov)

 

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A Donetsk People Republic's fighter looks through binoculars at a block-post near the city of Donetsk, eastern Ukraine Sunday, July 6, 2014. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)

A Donetsk People Republic's fighter gestures at a block-post near the city of Donetsk, eastern Ukraine Sunday, July 6, 2014.

A Ukrainian soldier gives out sausages & bread in Slovyansk, eastern Ukraine, Sunday, July 6, 2014. Ukrainian troops on Saturday forced the rebels out of Slovyansk, a city of about 100,000 that had been the center of the fighting. The success there suggests that the government may finally be making gains in the months-long battle against the insurgency. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

A Ukrainian soldier smokes in a central square in Slovyansk, eastern Ukraine, Sunday, July 6, 2014.

Ukrainian soldiers stand guard at a security building in Slovyansk, eastern Ukraine, Sunday, July 6, 2014.

A Donetsk People Republic's fighter smokes at a block-post near the city of Donetsk, eastern Ukraine Sunday, July 6, 2014. Driven out of their key stronghold in eastern Ukraine, pro-Russia separatists regrouped Sunday in the city of Donetsk, vowing to renew their fight against the government in Kiev before thousands of cheering supporters at a rally. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)

 

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Ukrainian government army soldiers examine weapons captured from rebels in the city of Slovyansk, Donetsk Region, eastern Ukraine Saturday, July 5, 2014.

A Ukrainian soldier looks at a part of a wrecked APC at the checkpoint in Krasnyi Lyman, eastern Ukraine, Saturday, July 5, 2014. Ukraine's forces claimed a significant success against pro-Russian insurgents on Saturday, chasing them from one of their strongholds in the embattled east of the country. Rebels fleeing from the city of Slovyansk vowed to regroup elsewhere and fight on. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Ukrainian government army's soldiers rest in the city of Slovyansk, Donetsk Region, eastern Ukraine Saturday, July 5, 2014.

A Ukrainian Army tank stands in a central street in the city of Slovyansk, Donetsk Region, eastern Ukraine Saturday, July 5, 2014.

An Ukrainian government army soldier wipes the sweat from his brow in the city of Slovyansk, Donetsk Region, eastern Ukraine Saturday, July 5, 2014.

A Donetsk People Republic's fighter chats at a block-post near the city of Donetsk, eastern Ukraine Sunday, July 6, 2014.

A Donetsk People Republic's fighter looks on at a block-post near the city of Donetsk, eastern Ukraine Sunday, July 6, 2014, with a flag of St. George, a symbol widely associated with pro-Russian protests in Ukraine on the background.

A Ukrainian soldier smokes at a temporary base near the city of Slaviansk July 6, 2014. Ukrainian forces routed pro-Russian rebels in a flashpoint area of eastern Ukraine on Saturday and raised the country's blue and yellow flag again over what had for months been the separatist redoubt of Slaviansk.

 

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Ukrainian soldiers feed pigeons next to their APC, near the city hall on July 8, 2014 in the eastern Ukrainian city of Slavyansk (AFP Photo/Sergey Bobok)

Donetsk People's Republic platoon commander Arsen Pavlov, also known as Motorola, and Elena Kolenkina exchange rings during their wedding ceremony in the city of Donetsk, eastern Ukraine Friday July 11, 2014. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)

Igor Strelkov, a pro-Russian separatist commander, 2nd left, attends the wedding ceremony of platoon commander Arsen Pavlov, also known as Motorola, and Elena Kolenkina in the city of Donetsk, eastern Ukraine Friday July 11, 2014. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)

A Donetsk People's Republic fighter stands guard during the wedding ceremony of platoon commander ****n Pavlov and Elena Kolenkina in the city of Donetsk, eastern Ukraine Friday July 11, 2014. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)

A Donetsk People's Republic fighter says goodbye to his family who are departing as refugees to Russia in the city of Donetsk, eastern Ukraine Wednesday, July 16, 2014. Ten busloads of Internally Displaced People from the towns of Karlovka, Maryinka and Donetsk left Wednesday morning for the Rostov region in Russia to ask for refugee status there. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)

Volunteers take an oath of allegiance to Ukraine, before being sent to the eastern part of Ukraine to join the ranks of special battalion "Azov" in Kiev, Ukraine Wednesday, July 16, 2014. (AP Photo/Sergei Chuzavkov)

 

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In this Friday, July 4, 2014 file photo, Ukrainian government forces maneuver a SA-11 launcher as they are transported northwest from Slovyansk, eastern Ukraine. If Ukrainian rebels shot down the Malaysian jetliner, killing 298 people, it may have been because they didn’t have the right systems in place to distinguish between military and civilian aircraft, experts said Saturday, July 19, 2014. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky, File)

Pro-Russian fighters stand guard in a field at the crash site of a Malaysia Airlines jet near the village of Hrabove, eastern Ukraine, Saturday, July 19, 2014. Ukraine accused Russia on Saturday of helping separatist rebels destroy evidence at the crash site of a Malaysia Airlines plane shot down in rebel-held territory — a charge the rebels denied. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

A pro-Russian fighter walks at the crash site of a Malaysia Airlines jet near the village of Hrabove, eastern Ukraine, Saturday, July 19, 2014.

 

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A pro-Russia rebel holds a flag of the rebel-held city of Luhansk in Debaltseve, eastern Ukraine on Thursday, Feb. 19, 2015.

A pro-Russia rebel Cossack, second left, hugs another rebel in Debaltseve, eastern Ukraine on Thursday, Feb. 19, 2015.

A wounded Cossack is carried away by fellow fighters after his car hit a land mine in the east Ukraine town of Debaltseve on Thursday, Feb. 19, 2015. After weeks of relentless fighting, the embattled Ukrainian rail hub of Debaltseve fell Wednesday to Russia-backed separatists, who hoisted a flag in triumph over the town. The Ukrainian president confirmed that he had ordered troops to pull out and the rebels reported taking hundreds of soldiers captive. (AP Photo/ Peter Leonard)

Pro-Russia rebels walk in Debaltseve, eastern Ukraine on Thursday, Feb. 19, 2015. After weeks of relentless fighting, the embattled Ukrainian rail hub of Debaltseve fell Wednesday to Russia-backed separatists, who hoisted a flag in triumph over the town. The Ukrainian president confirmed that he had ordered troops to pull out and the rebels reported taking hundreds of soldiers captive. (AP Photo/ Peter Leonard)

 

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Ukrainian troops ride on armored vehicles towards Artemivsk, eastern Ukraine, Monday, Feb. 23, 2015. A Ukrainian military spokesman says continuing attacks from rebels are delaying Ukrainian forces' pullback of heavy weapons from the front line in the country's east. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

 

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Ukrainian servicemen who fought in Debaltseve are seen near Artemivsk February 19, 2015.

Russia-backed separatists walk on a road that takes them to Artemivsk, littered with destroyed Ukrainian army tanks and vehicles, outside Debaltseve, Ukraine, Sunday, Feb. 22, 2015, on the edge of the territory under their control. Ukrainian military and separatist representatives exchanged dozens of prisoners under cover of darkness at a remote frontline location Saturday evening, kicking off a process intended to usher in peace to the conflict-ridden east.(AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

A local militia fighter is seen in a NPS in Debalcevo in Donetsk, Ukraine, on Feb, 21, 2015.

Local militia fighters walk next to a sezied Ukrainian NPS in Uglegorsk, Ukraine, on Feb, 21, 2015.

A military truck transports a destroyed tank near Artemivsk, eastern Ukraine, February 22, 2015. A senior pro-Russian rebel commander said separatist forces were due to begin withdrawing heavy weapons from the front line in east Ukraine on Sunday, a sign rebels may be prepared to halt their advance as part of an internationally brokered peace deal. (Gleb Garanich)

A fighter with the separatist self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic army looks at a destroyed Ukrainian army tank near the town of Debaltseve February 22, 2015

Russia-backed rebels hold food products while accompanying a bus carrying Ukrainian prisoners of war in Luhansk, Ukraine, Saturday, Feb. 21, 2015. Ukrainian military and separatist representatives exchanged dozens of prisoners under cover of darkness at a remote frontline location Saturday evening, kicking off a process intended to usher in peace to the conflict-ridden east. Ukrainian troops and rebels were exchanged, according to a separatist official overseeing the prisoner swap at a no man's land location near the village of Zholobok, some 20 kilometers (12 miles) west of the rebel-held city Luhansk. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

 

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A member of the Ukrainian armed forces keeps his weapon at the ready as he looks out of a helicopter while flying above Kharkiv region, February 24, 2015.

Members of the Ukrainian armed forces ride a military vehicle in Artemivsk, eastern Ukraine, February 24, 2015. Pro-Russia separatists said on Tuesday they began withdrawing heavy weapons from the frontline in east Ukraine under a ceasefire deal, but the Ukrainian military, which says it won't pull back until fighting stops, reported further shelling.

A Ukrainian serviceman, who fought in Debaltseve, is seen in a bus as he prepares to return home, in Artemivsk, eastern Ukraine, February 24, 2015.

A Russia-backed rebel stands outside a humanitarian relief distribution center as residents wait for a delivery in Debaltseve, Ukraine, Monday, Feb. 23, 2015.

Members of the Ukrainian armed forces ride an armoured personnel carrier in Artemivsk, eastern Ukraine, February 24, 2015.

 

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An Ukrainian government army's soldier's stand guard next to the cars of Convoy of the OSCE mission in Ukraine at a check-point in the village of Debaltseve, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine Thursday, July 31, 2014. Members of the OSCE mission in Ukraine are attempting to reach a place of Malaysia Airlines plane crash.(AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)

An Ukrainian government army soldiers perform their duties at a check-point in the village of Debaltseve, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine Thursday, July 31, 2014. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)

An Ukrainian government army's soldier stands guard at a check-point in the village of Debaltseve, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine Thursday, July 31, 2014. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)

Ukrainian government army's soldiers rest near their tank at a check-point in the village of Debaltseve, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine Thursday, July 31, 2014. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)

 

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A Ukrainian security officer looks through the closed gate as a convoy of refrigerated trucks loaded with bodies of the passengers of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 arrives at a Kharkiv factory in Kharkiv, Ukraine, early Sunday, Aug. 3, 2014 . The convoy carrying the remains of people killed in the Malaysia Airlines crash arrived in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv early Sunday on their way to the Netherlands. (AP Photo/Olga Ivashchenko)

An Ukrainian soldiers stand guard on his tank at a checkpoint near the eastern city of Debaltsevo, Donetsk region, on August 3, 2014 (AFP Photo/Anatolii Stepanov)

An investigator looks out of a car in the convoy of International forensic experts at the area of the Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 plane crash near the village of Rossipne, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Sunday, Aug. 3, 2014.

Ukrainian servicemen, who are members of an artillery section, take cover after firing a cannon during a military operation against pro-Russian separatists near Pervomaisk, Luhansk region August 2, 2014.

 

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Ukrainian soldiers, who fled the conflict territory, spend their time at a tent camp as the sun sets over the scene near the Russia-Ukraine border just outside the village of Gukovo, Rostov-on-Don region, Southern Russia, Monday, Aug. 4, 2014. A Russian border security official said Monday that more than 400 Ukrainian soldiers have crossed into Russia. The Russian official said the soldiers deserted the Kiev government and the Russian side opened a safe corridor. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

A Ukrainian soldier who fled the conflict territory rests in a tent camp near the Russia-Ukraine border, just outside the village of Gukovo, Rostov-on-Don region, southern Russia, Monday, Aug. 4, 2014.

An Ukrainian serviceman from the Donbass volunteer battalion is covered with a Ukrainian Communist Party flag as he gets a hair cut on August 4, 2014 (AFP Photo/Anatolii Stepanov )

 

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Pro-Russian rebels converse on a street in the town of Krasnodon, eastern Ukraine, Friday, Aug. 15, 2014. Russia let Ukrainian officials inspect an aid convoy while it was still on Russian soil Friday and agreed that the Red Cross can distribute the goods in Ukraine's rebel-held city of Luhansk. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

A Russian military haulage truck transporting a self-propelled howitzer 2S19 - MSTA-S seen along a road near the town of Kamensk-Shakhtinsky in the Rostov region, Russia, some 30 km from the Russian-Ukrainian border, on August 15, 2014 (AFP Photo/Sergei Venyavsky)

Russian military vehicles maneuver on a road 15 kilometers (9 miles) from the Ukrainian border in the Rostov-on-Don region, Russia, early Friday, Aug. 15, 2014. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)

Russian solders with their several military vehicle gather at the rail road crossing about 30 kilometers (19 miles) from Ukrainian border at Rostov-on-Don region, Russia, early Friday, Aug. 15, 2014. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)

 

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A Ukrainian soldier walks past a damaged car which was used by pro-Russian militants who tried to break through a Ukraine checkpoint, near the eastern city of Donetsk on August 11, 2014 (AFP Photo/Anatolii Stepanov)

Ukrainian government soldiers from battalion "Donbass" rest at their positions in village Mariinka near Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, Monday, Aug. 11, 2014. The Red Cross will lead an international humanitarian aid operation into Ukraine’s conflict-stricken province of Luhansk with assistance from Russia, the European Union and the United States, Ukraine said Monday.(AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

A pro-Russian rebel stands at a block-post on the outskirts of Donetsk near a bullet riddled bus, eastern Ukraine, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2014

A Pro-Russian rebel standing at a block-post in the outskirts of Donetsk seen through the bullet riddled windshield of the bus, eastern Ukraine, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2014, where at least 12 militiamen fighting alongside government troops against pro-Russian separatist rebels have been killed in an ambush, a spokesman for their radical nationalist movement said Wednesday. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

Ukrainian government soldiers from battalion "Donbass" search from house to house in village Mariinka near Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, Monday, Aug. 11, 2014. The Red Cross will lead an international humanitarian aid operation into Ukraine’s conflict-stricken province of Luhansk with assistance from Russia, the European Union and the United States, Ukraine said Monday.(AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Pro-Russian rebels stand at a security post on the outskirts of Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2014, where at least 12 militiamen fighting alongside government troops against pro-Russian separatist rebels in eastern Ukraine have been killed in an ambush, a spokesman for their radical nationalist movement said Wednesday. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

In this picture taken on Tuesday, Aug. 12, a woman with a child talks to Ukraine's National Guard soldiers who have returned from combat operations against pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine's east, near the walls of the parliament in Kiev, Ukraine. Since a separatist insurgency broke out in eastern Ukraine in March, entire swaths of Ukrainian society _ either through a government summons or their own patriotism _ have suddenly been thrust into battle, many of them with little or no combat experience. With the government desperate for more fighters and medics, a draft has brought in a wave of needed additions to what had been a neglected army. And amid a surge of patriotic indignation tipping over into martial fervor, volunteer battalions have proven an indispensable boost as well. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

 

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A Ukrainian soldier watches the inauguration ceremony of Ukrainian President-elect Petro Poroshenko on TV in a tent at the Ukraine's Army position close to Slovyansk, Ukraine, Saturday, June 7, 2014. Petro Poroshenko took the oath of office as Ukraine’s president Saturday, assuming leadership of a country mired in a violent uprising and economic troubles.(AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Ukrainian honor guards head to the ceremony of hoisting Ukrainian national flag after the inauguration ceremony of Ukraine's new President Petro Poroshenko in Sophia Square in Kiev, Ukraine, Saturday, June 7, 2014. Petro Poroshenko took the oath of office as Ukraine’s president Saturday, assuming leadership of a country mired in a violent uprising and economic troubles. In the background is a monument to Bohdan Khmelnytsky (AP Photo/Sergei Chuzavkov)

A Ukrainian soldier shoots from a machine gun during a battle with pro-Russian separatist fighters in Slovyansk, Ukraine, Friday, June 6, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukraine's newly elected leader have spoken of their desire for a quick end to hostilities in southeastern Ukraine at their meeting Friday at the D-Day commemorations in France, a Russian spokesman said. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Ukrainian border guards walk past cars queued to leave Ukraine at a border post in Izvaryne, along the Ukraine-Russia border June 6, 2014.

A Ukrainian soldier mans a position in Slovyansk, Ukraine, Friday, June 6, 2014. At least five Ukrainian soldiers were wounded, two of them heavily in this short clash with the pro-Russian separatist fighters. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Ukrainian soldiers hold weapons at a checkpoint outside the town of Amvrosiivka, eastern Ukraine, close to the Russian border, Thursday, June 5, 2014.

Ukrainian soldiers man an anti-aircraft weapon at a checkpoint outside the town of Amvrosiivka, eastern Ukraine, close to the Russian border, Thursday, June 5, 2014. The Ukrainian military was on alert on its easter border with Russia on Thursday amid reports that separatist forces launched attacks on a border crossing near the village of Marinyvka.(AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

A pro-Russian rebel puts his head in a hole he cut in a door of an Ukrainian border troops military unit in Luhansk, eastern Ukraine, Wednesday, June 4, 2014. The compound was seized by pro-Russian rebels who collected large amounts of weapons and ammunition left behind by the Ukrainian troops.(AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

A pro-Russian rebel carries items seized from an Ukrainian border troops military unit in Luhansk, eastern Ukraine, Wednesday, June 4, 2014. The compound was seized by pro-Russian rebels who collected large amounts of weapons and ammunition left behind by the Ukrainian troops. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

 

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A masked man, soldier of the volunteer Ukrainian army "Donbass" battalion, takes part in a rally by Maidan activists at Independence Square in Kiev, calling upon the Ukrainian President to abandon the cease-fire, on June 29, 2014 (AFP Photo/Sergei Supinsky)

A Donetsk People Republic's fighter looks through binoculars at a block-post near the city of Donetsk, eastern Ukraine Sunday, July 6, 2014. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)

A Donetsk People Republic's fighter gestures at a block-post near the city of Donetsk, eastern Ukraine Sunday, July 6, 2014.

A Ukrainian soldier gives out sausages & bread in Slovyansk, eastern Ukraine, Sunday, July 6, 2014. Ukrainian troops on Saturday forced the rebels out of Slovyansk, a city of about 100,000 that had been the center of the fighting. The success there suggests that the government may finally be making gains in the months-long battle against the insurgency. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

A Ukrainian soldier smokes in a central square in Slovyansk, eastern Ukraine, Sunday, July 6, 2014.

Ukrainian soldiers stand guard at a security building in Slovyansk, eastern Ukraine, Sunday, July 6, 2014.

A Donetsk People Republic's fighter smokes at a block-post near the city of Donetsk, eastern Ukraine Sunday, July 6, 2014. Driven out of their key stronghold in eastern Ukraine, pro-Russia separatists regrouped Sunday in the city of Donetsk, vowing to renew their fight against the government in Kiev before thousands of cheering supporters at a rally. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)

 

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Ukrainian government army soldiers examine weapons captured from rebels in the city of Slovyansk, Donetsk Region, eastern Ukraine Saturday, July 5, 2014.

A Ukrainian soldier looks at a part of a wrecked APC at the checkpoint in Krasnyi Lyman, eastern Ukraine, Saturday, July 5, 2014. Ukraine's forces claimed a significant success against pro-Russian insurgents on Saturday, chasing them from one of their strongholds in the embattled east of the country. Rebels fleeing from the city of Slovyansk vowed to regroup elsewhere and fight on. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Ukrainian government army's soldiers rest in the city of Slovyansk, Donetsk Region, eastern Ukraine Saturday, July 5, 2014.

A Ukrainian Army tank stands in a central street in the city of Slovyansk, Donetsk Region, eastern Ukraine Saturday, July 5, 2014.

An Ukrainian government army soldier wipes the sweat from his brow in the city of Slovyansk, Donetsk Region, eastern Ukraine Saturday, July 5, 2014.

A Donetsk People Republic's fighter chats at a block-post near the city of Donetsk, eastern Ukraine Sunday, July 6, 2014.

A Donetsk People Republic's fighter looks on at a block-post near the city of Donetsk, eastern Ukraine Sunday, July 6, 2014, with a flag of St. George, a symbol widely associated with pro-Russian protests in Ukraine on the background.

A Ukrainian soldier smokes at a temporary base near the city of Slaviansk July 6, 2014. Ukrainian forces routed pro-Russian rebels in a flashpoint area of eastern Ukraine on Saturday and raised the country's blue and yellow flag again over what had for months been the separatist redoubt of Slaviansk.

 

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A pro-Russian rebel assembles a anti-tank rocket launcher on the southern front non February 24, 2015 near Mariupol, Ukraine. Fighting has eased in recent days, raising hope that a ceasefire will hold.

An armed man stands near a truck of the separatist self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic army towing a mobile artillery cannon, as they pull back from Donetsk, February 24, 2015. (Baz Ratner)

A flag depicting Jesus Christ is placed on a howitzer as pro-Russia militants withdraw a convoy of howitzers from the frontline near the eastern Ukrainian city of Starobeshevo, on February 25, 2015 (AFP Photo/Vasily Maximov)

Pro-Russian rebels move heavy-artillery from close the eastern Ukrainian town of Starobecheve, on February 25, 2015 (AFP Photo/Vasily Maximov)

 

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A member of the Ukrainian armed forces keeps his weapon at the ready as he looks out of a helicopter while flying above Kharkiv region, February 24, 2015.

Members of the Ukrainian armed forces ride a military vehicle in Artemivsk, eastern Ukraine, February 24, 2015. Pro-Russia separatists said on Tuesday they began withdrawing heavy weapons from the frontline in east Ukraine under a ceasefire deal, but the Ukrainian military, which says it won't pull back until fighting stops, reported further shelling.

A Ukrainian serviceman, who fought in Debaltseve, is seen in a bus as he prepares to return home, in Artemivsk, eastern Ukraine, February 24, 2015.

A Russia-backed rebel stands outside a humanitarian relief distribution center as residents wait for a delivery in Debaltseve, Ukraine, Monday, Feb. 23, 2015.

Members of the Ukrainian armed forces ride an armoured personnel carrier in Artemivsk, eastern Ukraine, February 24, 2015.