Conflict in Ukraine reignites
A man is seen in his building, which was damaged during fighting between the Ukrainian army and pro-Russian separatists, in the government-held industrial town of Avdiivka, Ukraine Feb. 2, 2017.
Tanks in Avdiivka
Tanks are seen in the government-held industrial town of Avdiivka, Ukraine, Feb. 2, 2017.
Being evacuated
A woman carries a bag with a baby while being evacuated by local emergencies ministry members in Donetsk, Ukraine, Feb. 2, 2017.
Crew members prepare tanks
Crew members prepare tanks in the government-held industrial town of Avdiivka, Ukraine, Feb. 2, 2017.
Emergency center
Local residents have a meal at an emergency center after shelling hit supply infrastructure in the government-held industrial town of Avdiivka, Ukraine Feb. 1, 2017.
Fighting continues in Ukraine
Ukrainian servicemen of the Donbass volunteer battalion take part in clean-up operations in a village in the Lysychansk district of the Lugansk region, controlled by pro-Russian separatists on January 28, 2015.
Ukraine’s president appealed to Russia’s Vladimir Putin and Washington threatened tougher measures should Moscow fail to rein in separatist fighters mounting a new offensive in the east of the ex-Soviet republic.
Fighting continues in Ukraine
A symbolic coffin representing that of Russian President Vladimir Putin is set alight during a rally outside the Russian consulate in southern Ukrainian city of Odessa, January 25, 2015.
The EU and NATO called on Russia to end its support for rebels in Ukraine, with Brussels mulling an emergency meeting after at least 30 people were killed in the port of Mariupol in a major escalation of the fighting.
Fighting continues in Ukraine
Ukrainian servicemen of the Donbass volunteer battalion take part in clean-up operations in a village in the Lysychansk district of the Lugansk region, controlled by pro-Russian separatists, January 28, 2015.
Fighting continues in Ukraine
Ukrainian servicemen of the Donbass volunteer battalion lay explosives on a railway track as they take part in clean-up operations in a village in the Lysychansk district of the Lugansk region, controlled by pro-Russian separatists on January 28, 2015.
Fighting continues in Ukraine
Emergency workers inspect a damaged bridge near Kuznetsovka village in Zaporizhzhya region January 21, 2015.
An overnight blast destroyed a railway bridge in the eastern Ukrainian region of Zaporozhye, cutting a railway link between the city of Mariupol and Ukraine’s west.
Fighting continues in Ukraine
People look through the front windshield of a damaged trolleybus in Donetsk, January 22, 2015.
At least six civilians were killed when a shell or a mortar hit a trolleybus stop in the rebel-controlled city of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine. The Reuters cameraman said he saw six bodies on the ground near, and inside, a trolleybus in a southern district of the city. Windows of shops nearby had been blown out by the blast.
Fighting continues in Ukraine
Members of the armed forces of the separatist self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic guard a checkpoint on the outskirts of Donetsk, January 23, 2015.
Fighting continues in Ukraine
A car burns on the street after a shelling by pro-Russian rebels of a residential sector of Mariupol, eastern Ukraine, January 24, 2015.
Ten people were killed in shelling by pro-Russian separatists in the east Ukrainian port city of Mariupol in the attack.
Fighting continues in Ukraine
An injured woman lies on a bed at a hospital in Mariupol, eastern Ukraine, January 24, 2015.
Pro-Russian rebels launched an offensive against the strategic port of Mariupol in eastern Ukraine on Saturday, prompting the European Union’s foreign policy chief to warn of a further “grave deterioration” in EU-Russian relations.
Fighting continues in Ukraine
Ukrainian servicemen fire a machine gun in the village near Mariupol, a city on the Sea of Azov, January 26, 2015.
Fighting continues in Ukraine
A Ukrainian serviceman assists his comrade with camouflage in a village near Mariupol, a city on the Sea of Azov, January 26, 2015.
Fighting continues in Ukraine
A woman, who according to locals was injured by recent shelling, lies on a stretcher at a hospital in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, January 26, 2015.
Fighting continues in Ukraine
People attend the funeral of victims of recent shelling at a cemetery in Mariupol, a city on the Sea of Azov, January 27, 2015.
European Union leaders asked their foreign ministers on Tuesday to consider possible new sanctions on Russia in response to a rebel offensive in eastern Ukraine, but a final decision to impose them is likely to be left to a summit next month. Foreign ministers have called an extraordinary meeting after Kiev said 30 civilians were killed in shelling of the government-held port of Mariupol by pro-Russian rebels, shattering a five-month ceasefire.