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A view of a crater from a night Russian rocket attack, near to damaged buildings in downtown Kharkiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Aug. 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrii Marienko)

Cities near Ukrainian nuclear plant shelled

By Yesica Fisch - Associated Press

A part of the mortar shell is seen in front of a sign that reads 'Slovyansk', after heavy fighting between pro-Russian fighters and Ukrainian government troops just outside Slovyansk, eastern Ukraine, Wednesday, July 9, 2014. The eastern Ukrainian city of Slovyansk was occupied by pro-Russian separatists for months in 2014. Now its people are preparing to defend their community again as the fighting draws closer and invites a major battle. Slovyansk is a city of splintered loyalties, with some residents antagonistic toward Kyiv or nostalgic for their Soviet past. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka, File)

Splintered Ukrainian city braces for new battle with Russia

By Francesca Ebel - Associated Press

A Ukrainian paratrooper sits in an APC at a checkpoint near Slovyansk, 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)

Ukraine claims victory in pro-Russian rebel stronghold

By Yuras Karmanau and Balint Szlanko - Associated Press

A Ukrainian soldier shoots from a grenade launcher, AGS-17 during a battle with pro-Russian separatist fighters at Slovyansk, Ukraine, Saturday, May 31, 2014. The Ukrainian Acting Defence Minister said on Friday that troops had ousted separatists from southern and western parts of the Donetsk region and north of the Luhansk region. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Russia says monitors should stay in Ukraine

By JIM HEINTZ - Associated Press

Relatives of Yekaterina Len, 61, try to clean debris in her destroyed house following a shelling in Slovyansk, eastern Ukraine, Tuesday, May 20, 2014. Slovyansk has been the major fighting ground between pro-Russian insurgents and Ukrainian government troops in eastern Ukraine. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Ukraine tycoon: Separatists are wrecking the east

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV and ALEXANDER ZEMLIANICHENKO - Associated Press

Anti-government demonstrators storm the regional police station in Krasnoarmiisk, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, May 1, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that Ukraine should withdraw its military units from the eastern and southern regions of the country, where anti-government insurgents are seizing buildings, but hours later, Ukraine's acting president ordered the military draft be renewed as the unrest intensifies. (AP Photo)

Gunfire, blasts in insurgent-held Ukraine city

By PETER LEONARD - Associated Press

Pro-Russian gunmen guard the central square of Slovyansk, eastern Ukraine, Friday, May 2, 2014. Fighting broke out around dawn near Slovyansk, a city 160 kilometers (100 miles) from the Russian border that has become the focus of the armed insurgency. Two helicopter crew members were killed in the crashes, both sides said, and the insurgents reported one member killed. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Ukraine offensive sparks deadly clashes in Odessa

By Jim Heintz and Peter Leonard - Associated Press

This image taken from Associated Press video shows Igor Strelkov, military commander of pro-Russian militias in Slovyansk talking to journalists in Slovyansk, Ukraine, Sunday, April 27, 2014. Strelkov has been identified as a Russian security services operative by Ukraine's government. In what appeared to be a closely vetted interview to Russian media, Strelkov did not directly deny the accusation, saying the uprising in Ukraine was being carried out by opponents of the &quot;Kiev junta&quot; — language similar in tone to that adopted by the Kremlin leadership. (AP Photo/Associated Press Video)

Shadowy commander is face of insurgency in Ukraine

By PETER LEONARD - Associated Press

Ukrainian government troops guard a checkpoint near the village of Dolina, 30 kilometers (18 miles) from Slovyansk, eastern Ukraine, Saturday, April 26, 2014. Ukrainian authorities are undertaking a security operation to liberate the nearby city of Slovyansk, which is currently controlled by an armed pro-Russian insurgency. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

Observers held in Ukraine speak under armed guard

By PETER LEONARD - Associated Press

A Ukrainian government soldier aims his weapon as he guards a checkpoint near the village of Dolina, 30 kilometers (18 miles) from Slovyansk, eastern Ukraine, Saturday, April 26, 2014. Ukrainian authorities are undertaking a security operation to liberate the nearby city of Slovyansk, which is currently controlled by an armed pro-Russian insurgency. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

Foreign military observers held in east Ukraine

By Peter Leonard - Associated Press

Secretary of State John F. Kerry accuses Russia of failing to live up to commitments it made to ease the crisis in Ukraine. The U.S. brokered an agreement last week in Geneva that both sides blame the other for breaking through actions this week. (Associated Press)

U.S. warns Russia on military posturing; Putin blames violence on Ukrainian army

By Dave Boyer and Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Black smoke billows from burning tires at a checkpoint following an attack by Ukrainian troops outside Slovyansk, Ukraine, Thursday, April 24, 2014. Ukrainian government troops moved against pro-Russia forces in the east of the country on Thursday and killed at least two of them in clashes at checkpoints manned by the insurgents, the government and insurgents said. Russian President Vladimir Putin decried what he described as a &quot;punitive operation.&quot; (AP Photo/Mika Velikovskiy)

Ukraine moves against insurgents in the east

By YURAS KARMANAU - Associated Press

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden speaks with Ukrainian members of parliament, including Vitali Klitschko, facing camera right, during a meeting in Kiev, Ukraine, Tuesday, April. 22, 2014. Vice President Joe Biden told Ukrainian political leaders Tuesday that the United States stands with them against &quot;humiliating threats&quot; and encouraged them to root out corruption as they rebuild their government. In the most high-level visit of a U.S. official since crisis erupted in Ukraine, Biden told leaders from various political parties that he brings a message of support from President Barack Obama as they face a historic opportunity to usher in reforms. (AP Photo/Sergei Chuzavkov)

Ukraine orders new military operation in the east

By NEDRA PICKLER and MARIA DANILOVA - Associated Press

People stand at a barricade at the regional administration building that they had seized earlier in Donetsk, Ukraine, Sunday, April 20, 2014. The Ukrainian and Russian governments are reporting a shootout at a checkpoint set up by pro-Russian insurgents in eastern Ukraine that has left one person dead and others hospitalized with gunshot wounds. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

Ukraine, Russia trade blame for eastern shootout

By Yuras Karmanau - Associated Press

Soldiers of the Ukrainian Army react as they sit a top combat vehicles as they are blocked by people on their way to the town of Kramatorsk on Wednesday, April 16, 2014. The central government has so far been unable to rein in the insurgents, who it says are being stirred up by paid operatives from Russia and have seized numerous government facilities in at least nine eastern cities to press their demands for broader autonomy and closer ties with Russia. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Pro-Russian insurgents seize Ukrainian armored vehicles

Associated Press

In this photo taken on Monday, April 14, 2014, Ukrainian soldiers sit on top of military vehicles with a Ukrainian national flag in a field about 70 kilometers (44 miles) from the eastern Ukrainian town of Slovyansk, where the Ukrainian regional administration building was seized by pro-Russian activists. A deadline set by the Ukrainian government for pro-Russian gunmen to leave government buildings in eastern Ukraine and surrender weapons passed without incident early Monday, with no immediate sign of any action to liberate any seized buildings. (AP Photo/Russian Reporter magazine, Maxim Dondyuk) MAGAZINES OUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY

Ukraine bares teeth against eastern uprising

By YURAS KARMANAU and PETER LEONARD - Associated Press

A man warms himself at a fire next to barricades in front of an entrance of the Ukrainian regional office of the Security Service in Luhansk, 30 kilometers (20 miles) west of the Russian border, in Luhansk, Ukraine, late Saturday, April 12, 2014. Ukrainian Interior Minister Arsen Avakov described the unrest as &quot;Russian aggression&quot; and said Ukraine's security officials would be gathering for an extraordinary meeting late Saturday evening. (AP Photo/Igor Golovniov)

Kiev government to deploy troops in Ukraine’s east

By PETER LEONARD - Associated Press

Armed pro-Russian activist stands at a makeshift checkpoint at the entrance into the eastern Ukrainian town of Slovyansk on Saturday, April 12, 2014. Pro-Moscow protesters have seized a number of government buildings in the east over the past week, undermining the authority of the interim government in the capital, Kiev. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Armed men occupy Donetsk police station; ‘Russian aggression’ blamed for unrest

By Peter Leonard - Associated Press