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This satellite image made by DigitalGlobe on March 26, 2014, and provided by Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE) on Tuesday, April 9, 2014, shows what are purported to be Russian Mil Mi-8 "Hips" and Mil Mi-24 "Hinds" aircraft in Belgorod, southern Russia, about 50 km north of the Russian border with eastern Ukraine. The image is one of several provided to the AP by NATO’s headquarters that show dozens of Russian tanks and other armored vehicles, combat jets and helicopter gunships stationed inside Russian territory near to the eastern border with Ukraine. AP cannot independently verify the authenticity or content of this image. (AP Photo/DigitalGlobe via SHAPE) MANDATORY CREDIT, NO CROPPING OR MODIFICATIONS ALLOWED
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A pro-Russian activist, who said his name is Vasily, left, speaks to other protesters at barricades in front of an entrance of the Ukrainian regional office of the Security Service in Luhansk, 30 kilometers (20 miles) west of the Russian border, in Ukraine, Wednesday, April 9, 2014. Ukrainian Interior Minister Arsen Avakov said the standoff in Luhansk and the two neighboring Russian-leaning regions of Donetsk and Kharkiv must be resolved within the next two days either through negotiations or through the use of force, the Interfax news agency reported. (AP Photo/Igor Golovniov)
