UKRAINE'S PSEUDO-PEACE by Olya MORVAN/WOSTOK PRESS/ZUMA : Ukraine's military and pro-Russian rebels accused each other of increased attacks in separatist eastern territories despite a two-month-old ceasefire deal. The conflict has reached stalemate in recent weeks with the truce, orchestrated in the Belarussian capital of Minsk in February, and still technically in force yet casualties are reported daily. According to the Minsk deal, weapons bigger than 100 mm calibre, including large artillery and rocket systems, are to have been withdrawn from the fighting. The conflict began a year ago when rebels opposed to a new pro-Western government in Kiev and the ousting of a Moscow-backed president occupied state buildings in two large cities of Ukraine's Russian-speaking east, Donetsk and Luhansk. More than 6,000 civilians, rebels and Ukrainian soldiers have been killed since then in a crisis in where Kiev has accused Russia of arming the rebels, a charge Moscow denies.
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March 17, 2015 - Donetsk, Ukraine - The village of Peski near the Donetsk airport is regularly bombarded by Russian and pro-separatist army Ukrainienne even after the withdrawal of heavy weapons.
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March 17, 2015 - Donetsk, Ukraine - A resident of Peski town located next to the airport in Donetsk.
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March 17, 2015 - Donetsk, Ukraine - The house soldiers of the Ukrainian nationalist radical organization Pravy Sektor was destroyed by bombing between Russian separatists and Ukrainian army.
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March 17, 2015 - Donetsk, Ukraine - The Peski village near the Donetsk airport is regularly bombarded by Russian and pro-separatist army even after the withdrawal of heavy weapons.
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March 17, 2015 - Donetsk, Ukraine - A soldier of the Ukrainian nationalist radical organization Pravy Sektor looks on during a television speech of Vladimir Putin about the situation in Ukraine.
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March 17, 2015 - Donetsk, Ukraine - A soldier of the Ukrainian nationalist radical organization Pravy Sektor is injured during fighting between pro-Russian separatists and Ukrainian army near the airport of Donetsk.
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March 17, 2015 - Donetsk, Ukraine - A soldier of the Ukrainian nationalist radical organization Pravy Sektor is injured during fighting between pro-Russian separatists and Ukrainian army near the airport of Donetsk.
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March 17, 2015 - Donetsk, Ukraine - The village of Peski near the Donetsk airport is regularly bombarded by Russian and pro-separatist army even after the withdrawal of heavy weapons.
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March 17, 2015 - Donetsk, Ukraine - The Peski village near the Donetsk airport is regularly bombarded by Russian and pro-separatist army even after the withdrawal of heavy weapons.
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March 17, 2015 - Donetsk, Ukraine - Soldiers of the Ukrainian nationalist radical organization Pravy Sektor near their general neighborhood Peski village located next to the airport.
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March 17, 2015 - Donetsk, Ukraine - Soldiers of the Ukrainian nationalist radical organization Pravy Sektor at the Peski village located next to the airport.
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March 17, 2015 - Donetsk, Ukraine - A soldier of the Ukrainian nationalist radical organization Pravy Sektor is injured during fighting between pro-Russian separatists and Ukrainian army near the airport of Donetsk.
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March 17, 2015 - Donetsk, Ukraine - A soldier of the Ukrainian nationalist radical organization Pravy Sektor during fighting between pro-Russian separatists and Ukrainian army near the airport of Donetsk.
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March 17, 2015 - Lughanskoe, Ukraine - The school of the village of Lughanskoe.
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March 17, 2015 - Lughanskoe, Ukraine - Only one medic sorts drugs in a military hospital controlled by the Ukrainian army.
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March 17, 2015 - Donetsk, Ukraine - A soldier of the Ukrainian nationalist radical organization Pravy Sektor is injured during fighting between pro-Russian separatists and Ukrainian army near the airport of Donetsk.
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March 17, 2015 - Donetsk, Ukraine - A soldier of the Ukrainian nationalist radical organization Pravy Sektor at the Peski village located next to the airport.
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March 17, 2015 - Donetsk, Ukraine - The village of Peski near the Donetsk airport is regularly bombarded by Russian and pro-separatist army even after the withdrawal of heavy weapons.
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March 17, 2015 - Donetsk, Ukraine - A soldier of the Ukrainian nationalist radical organization Pravy Sektor helps a resident of the village Peski located next to the airport.
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March 17, 2015 - Donetsk, Ukraine - In the village of Peski near the airport in Donetsk fighting continues between the army Ukrainian and Russian separatists civilians trying to survive despite the daily bombings.
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March 17, 2015 - Donetsk, Ukraine - A soldier of the Ukrainian nationalist radical organization Pravy Sektor looks on during a television speech of Vladimir Putin on the situation in Ukraine.
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March 17, 2015 - Donetsk, Ukraine - The soldiers of the Ukrainian nationalist radical organization Pravy Sektor train near their general neighborhood Peski village located next to the airport.
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March 17, 2015 - Donetsk, Ukraine - A soldier of the Ukrainian nationalist radical organization Pravy Sektor cleans her weapon at Peski village located next to the airport in Donetsk.
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March 17, 2015 - Donetsk, Ukraine - The village of Peski near the Donetsk airport is regularly bombarded by Russian and pro-separatist army even after the withdrawal of heavy weapons.
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