UKRAINE-RUSSIA-CRISIS-POLITICS(01 of08)
Open Image ModalA member of Donbass battalion, a volunteer militia group devoted to ensuring a united Ukraine, rests in a school converted into a base,on August 18, 2014 in the small easter city of Popasna, Lugansk region, recently freed by Ukrainian forces from pro-Russia militants. Kiev on Monday accused pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine of killing \'many\' civilians trying to leave a conflict-torn area by shelling them with equipment provided by Moscow. \'Militants shot at a convoy of civilians trying to flee the conflict area not far from Lugansk... using Grad rocket launchers and mortar guns given by Russia,\' said security spokesman Andriy Lysenko. \'Many people died, including women and children.\' AFP PHOTO/ ANATOLII STEPANOV (Photo credit should read ANATOLII STEPANOV/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:ANATOLII STEPANOV via Getty Images)
UKRAINE-RUSSIA-CRISIS-POLITICS(02 of08)
Open Image ModalA member of Donbass battalion, a volunteer militia group devoted to ensuring a united Ukraine cleans his Kalashnikov mashin-gun on August 18, 2014 in the small easter city of Popasna, Lugansk region, recently freed by Ukrainian forces from pro-Russia militants. Kiev on Monday accused pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine of killing \'many\' civilians trying to leave a conflict-torn area by shelling them with equipment provided by Moscow. \'Militants shot at a convoy of civilians trying to flee the conflict area not far from Lugansk... using Grad rocket launchers and mortar guns given by Russia,\' said security spokesman Andriy Lysenko. \'Many people died, including women and children.\' AFP PHOTO/ ANATOLII STEPANOV (Photo credit should read ANATOLII STEPANOV/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:ANATOLII STEPANOV via Getty Images)
UKRAINE-RUSSIA-CRISIS-POLITICS(03 of08)
Open Image ModalA member of Donbass battalion, a volunteer militia group devoted to ensuring a united Ukraine cleans his Kalashnikov mashin-gun on August 18, 2014 in the small easter city of Popasna, Lugansk region, recently freed by Ukrainian forces from pro-Russia militants. Kiev on Monday accused pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine of killing \'many\' civilians trying to leave a conflict-torn area by shelling them with equipment provided by Moscow. \'Militants shot at a convoy of civilians trying to flee the conflict area not far from Lugansk... using Grad rocket launchers and mortar guns given by Russia,\' said security spokesman Andriy Lysenko. \'Many people died, including women and children.\' AFP PHOTO/ ANATOLII STEPANOV (Photo credit should read ANATOLII STEPANOV/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:ANATOLII STEPANOV via Getty Images)
UKRAINE-RUSSIA-CRISIS-POLITICS(04 of08)
Open Image ModalA Ukrainian soldier gives sweets to children on August 18, 2014 in the small easter city of Popasna, Lugansk region, recently freed by Ukrainian forces from pro-Russia militants. Kiev accused pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine of killing \'many\' civilians trying to leave a conflict-torn area by shelling them with equipment provided by Moscow. \'Militants shot at a convoy of civilians trying to flee the conflict area not far from Lugansk... using Grad rocket launchers and mortar guns given by Russia,\' said security spokesman Andriy Lysenko. \'Many people died, including women and children.\' AFP PHOTO/ ANATOLII STEPANOV (Photo credit should read ANATOLII STEPANOV/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:ANATOLII STEPANOV via Getty Images)
RUSSIA-UKRAINE-CRISIS-REFUGEES(05 of08)
Open Image ModalChildren play in a refugee camp near the Russian city of Donets\'k, Rostov region, about 15 kilometers from the Russian-Ukrainian border. Some 285,000 people have already fled their homes due to the conflict in east Ukraine, it is estimated, with many leaving for other parts of the country, but close to 168,000 seeking sanctuary in Russia. AFP PHOTO / DMITRY SEREBRYAKOV (Photo credit should read DMITRY SEREBRYAKOV/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:DMITRY SEREBRYAKOV via Getty Images)
RUSSIA-UKRAINE-CRISIS-REFUGEES(06 of08)
Open Image ModalRefugees from eastern Ukraine eat in a refugee camp near the Russian city of Donets\'k, Rostov region, about 15 kilometers from the Russian-Ukrainian border. Some 285,000 people have already fled their homes due to the conflict in east Ukraine, it is estimated, with many leaving for other parts of the country, but close to 168,000 seeking sanctuary in Russia. AFP PHOTO / DMITRY SEREBRYAKOV (Photo credit should read DMITRY SEREBRYAKOV/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:DMITRY SEREBRYAKOV via Getty Images)
RUSSIA-UKRAINE-CRISIS-REFUGEES(07 of08)
Open Image ModalRefugees from eastern Ukraine queue to get food in a refugee camp near the Russian city of Donets\'k, Rostov region, about 15 kilometers from the Russian-Ukrainian border. Some 285,000 people have already fled their homes due to the conflict in east Ukraine, it is estimated, with many leaving for other parts of the country, but close to 168,000 seeking sanctuary in Russia. AFP PHOTO / DMITRY SEREBRYAKOV (Photo credit should read DMITRY SEREBRYAKOV/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:DMITRY SEREBRYAKOV via Getty Images)
RUSSIA-UKRAINE-CRISIS-REFUGEES(08 of08)
Open Image ModalRefugee from eastern Ukraine wait for food in a refugee camp near the Russian city of Donets\'k, Rostov region, about 15 kilometers from the Russian-Ukrainian border. Some 285,000 people have already fled their homes due to the conflict in east Ukraine, it is estimated, with many leaving for other parts of the country, but close to 168,000 seeking sanctuary in Russia. AFP PHOTO / DMITRY SEREBRYAKOV (Photo credit should read DMITRY SEREBRYAKOV/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:DMITRY SEREBRYAKOV via Getty Images)