Boy wearing a T-shirt with the letter 'Z', the tactical insignia of Russian troops in Ukraine, and holding a flag of the self-proclaimed Donetsk...
Denis Pushilin , leader of the separatists in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic , arrives to meet with the media in Ukraine's port city...
An armed man in military fatigues stands guard next to the flag of the so-called "People's Republic of Donetsk" outside the regional administration...
Woman holds up a poster with flags of Russia-backed separatist "Donetsk People's Republic" and "Lugansk People's Republic" during rally at Manezhnaya...
Police officers guard the grounds of the embassy of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic , the eastern Ukrainian breakaway region, in Moscow...
The flag-draped coffin of Mikhail Tolstykh, a leading commander of the self-declared Donetsk People's Republic, is carried during his funeral...
Pro-Russian separatist of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic prepares food at his position in the destroyed Donetsk International Airport,...
An armed pro-Russian separatist of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic walks in front of the destroyed Donetsk International Airport on...
Woman carries a flags and fork as she walks with her children in the center of eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk on April 9, 2016 after marking the...
Woman wrapped in a Russian flag walks at a barricade outside the regional state building seized by separatists in the centre of the eastern Ukrainian...
Pro-Russia activist holds a hammer bearing the flag of the so-called Donetsk People's Republic during a rally marking Victory Day in the eastern...
An armed man in military fatigues holds a machine gun colored by a flag of self-named "People's Republic of Donetsk" as he stands guard outside the...
People take part in the Victory Day parade of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic in Donetsk on May 9, 2015. Tanks and rocket systems...
Person walks next to a crucifix partially destroyed by a shrapnel on a road on April 23, 2015 near the site where the bulk of the Malaysian Airlines...
Pro-Russian separatist Junga and his bride walk along river Kalmius after getting married in Donetsk on April 22, 2015 in the self-proclaimed Donetsk...
Monkey-shaped garden figurine is seen among the rubble of a destroyed house in the village of Nikishino on April 21, 2015 in the self-proclaimed...
Ivan Grishin stands amongst destroyed houses in the village of Nikishino on April 21, 2015 in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic . Only a...
War damaged WWII memorial is seen in the village of Nikishino on April 21, 2015 in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic . Only a handful...
Couple and their dog ride a motorbike with a side-car in the village of Nikishino on April 21, 2015 in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic...
Pro-Russian separatist sits in the waiting room of the train station in Debaltseve on April 20, 2015 in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic...
Woman feeds pigeons on Lenin square, next to a statue of the Bolshevik leader Lenin in Donetsk on April 19, 2015 in the self-proclaimed Donetsk...
Stray dogs prowl on a deserted road in the frontline neighbourhood of Jabunki by the airport in Donetsk on April 19, 2015 in the self-proclaimed...
An elderly women makes her way through the deserted roads in the frontline neighbourhood of Jabunki by the airport in Donetsk on April 19, 2015 in...
Cat is perched on a bench as a man collecting water takes a cigarette break in Donetsk on April 18, 2015 in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's...
Two women display home made sausages for sale from their street stalls at a market by the railway station near the frontline in Donetsk on April 18,...
People walk past shell damaged stalls at a market by the railway station near the frontline in Donetsk, on April 18, 2015 in the self-proclaimed...
Dutch and Malaysian investigators and local authorities work, on April 16, 2015 at the MH17 plane crash site near the village of Grabove in the...
Residents and staff of a retirement home in Donetsk, in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic , listen to a local singer perform on April 15,...
Woman carries her shopping past a burnt out market stall near the main station on April 13, 2015 in Donetsk in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's...
Demonstrator holds a flag of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic as he is carried by fellow activists dressed as zombies shouting mock...
Petrol station is lined with sandbags to protect dispensers from explosions in Donetsk, capital of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic , on...
An elderly couple walk past a damaged Porsche dealership in the Oktyabrsky district close to Donetsk's international airport in the self-proclaimed...
Resident negotiates a destroyed overpass in the Oktyabrsky district close to Donetsk's international airport in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's...
Residents negotiate a destroyed overpass in the Oktyabrsky district close to Donetsk's international airport in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's...
Women operating in combat battalions of the self-proclaimed People Republic of Donetsk wave as they pose for photographers after taking part in a...
Local resident seeking help looks on as people from the ministry for civil defense and emergencies of the 'Donetsk People's Republic' set up a...
Volunteer from the ministry for civil defense and emergencies of the 'Donetsk People's Republic' set up a temporary base on the road to Debaltseve,...
Local residents seeking help look on as people from the ministry for civil defense and emergencies of the 'Donetsk People's Republic' set up a...
Cossack rebel restores the power inside the base as people from the ministry for civil defense and emergencies of the 'Donetsk People's Republic'...
Pro-Russian rebel looks at the remains of a Ukrainian tank as people from the ministry for civil defense and emergencies of the 'Donetsk People's...
Local resident seeking help looks on as people from the ministry for civil defense and emergencies of the 'Donetsk People's Republic' set up a...
Pro-Russian fighters stand guard near a destroyed Ukrainian armored vehicle as people from the ministry for civil defense and emergencies of the...
Woman carrying her baby watches a covered stuffed moose at Donetsk's museum on November 14, 2014 as dozens of people volunteered to be part of aid...
Electoral workers empty a ballot box to start counting ballots for the leadership vote in the self-declared Donetsk People's Republic and Lugansk...
Alexander Zakharchenko , Prime Minister of the self-proclaimed Donetsk Peoples Republic and presidential candidate speaks to media after his vote in...
Alexander Zakharchenko, Prime Minister of the self-proclaimed Donetsk Peoples Republic and presidential candidate, walks in front of flag of the...
Igor Strelkov, who is also known as Igor Girkin, the top military commander of the self-proclaimed "Donetsk People's Republic", delivers a press...
Self-proclaimed Prime Minister of the pro-Russian separatist "Donetsk People's Republic" Alexander Borodai stands next to a security serviceman...
Self-proclaimed Prime Minister of the pro-Russian separatist "Donetsk People's Republic" Alexander Borodai gestures as he gives a press-conference in...
Self-proclaimed Prime Minister of the pro-Russian separatist "Donetsk People's Republic" Alexander Borodai stands as he arrives on the site of the...
Woman cleans an impromptu memorial for two Russian journalists killed in Lugansk in front of the headquarters of the self-proclaimed "Donetsk...
Member of pro-Russia separatist forces takes position during the funeral services of Yali Richard Ivanovic and Garkushka Alexander Alexandrovic, two...
Police gather near a burned armored military vehicle and truck belonging to the self-proclaimed "Donetsk People's Republic" army outside the...
Boys sit on a chair next to a armed Pro-Russia militiaman in the administration headquarters of the self-proclaimed "Donetsk People's Republic" in...
Igor Girkin , the former top military commander of the self-proclaimed "Donetsk People's Republic" and nationalist blogger charged with extremism,...
Miroslava Reginskaya , wife of Igor Girkin , the former top military commander of the self-proclaimed "Donetsk People's Republic" and nationalist...
Police detain a supporter of Igor Girkin , the former top military commander of the self-proclaimed "Donetsk People's Republic" and nationalist...
Police detain a supporter of Igor Girkin , the former top military commander of the self-proclaimed "Donetsk People's Republic" and nationalist...
Igor Girkin , the former top military commander of the self-proclaimed "Donetsk People's Republic" and nationalist blogger charged with extremism,...
Igor Girkin , the former top military commander of the self-proclaimed "Donetsk People's Republic" and nationalist blogger, who was detained in July...
