Tuesday, April 15, 2014

in pictures: Ukraine teeters on brink of civil war

Ukrainian Army troops receive munitions at a field on the outskirts of Izyum, Eastern Ukraine, on Tuesday. Ukraine is preparing to make a stand against pro-Russian activists who are gradually gnawing away at areas, mostly near the border with Russia, where there is a large amount of sympathy for Moscow. Picture: APUkrainian armoured personnel carriers drive in the Donetsk region on the road from Donetsk to Odessa on Tuesday. Ukraine has begun what it calls an 'anti-terrorist operation' to root out pro-Russian 'separatists' in the east of the countryUkrainian soldiers sit on top of military vehicles parked in a field about 44 miles from the eastern Ukrainian town of Slovyansk, where the Ukrainian regional administration building was seized by pro-Russian activists.Pro-Russian protesters sit at barricades at the police headquarters in SlovyanskUkrainian policemen try to stop pro-Russia protesters from passing before the storming of the regional police building in Horlivka on Monday

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