Ukraine

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Local citizens help a lady from fainting while attending a rally in protest against a shelling from Ukrainian government forces in the village of Semyonovka, near the major highway which links Kharkiv, outside Slovyansk, Ukraine, Thursday, May 22, 2014. Several trains carrying weapons and planeloads of troops have left regions near Ukraine as part of a massive military pullout, the Russian Defense Ministry said Thursday, even as fighting raged between pro-Russian insurgents and government forces in eastern Ukraine. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

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Local citizens help Firyuza, third from left, a family member of Meskhetian Turks, from fainting while attending a rally in protest against a shelling from Ukrainian government forces in Semyonovka village near the major highway which links Kharkiv, outside Slovyansk, Ukraine, Thursday, May 22, 2014. Several trains carrying weapons and planeloads of troops have left regions near Ukraine as part of a massive military pullout, the Russian Defense Ministry said Thursday, even as fighting raged between pro-Russian insurgents and government forces in eastern Ukraine. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

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Local citizens help a lady from fainting while attending a rally in protest against a shelling from Ukrainian government forces in Semyonovka village near the major highway which links Kharkiv, outside Slovyansk, Ukraine, Thursday, May 22, 2014. Several trains carrying weapons and planeloads of troops have left regions near Ukraine as part of a massive military pullout, the Russian Defense Ministry said Thursday, even as fighting raged between pro-Russian insurgents and government forces in eastern Ukraine. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

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A tram driver pauses at a traffic light in Donetsk, Ukraine, Wednesday, May 21, 2014. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

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Zinaida Patskan, 80, stands in her destroyed house following a shelling from Ukrainian government forces in Semyonovka village near the major highway which links Kharkiv, outside Slovyansk, Ukraine, Thursday, May 22, 2014. The election is a critical step for Ukraine. Russia, which the West alleges is fomenting the unrest that grips Ukraine’s eastern regions, claims the acting government is a junta; a credible election would bring a level of legitimacy to the government and undermine Moscow’s argument. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

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Zinaida Patskan, 80, stands in her destroyed house following a shelling from Ukrainian government forces in Semyonovka village near the major highway which links Kharkiv, outside Slovyansk, Ukraine, Thursday, May 22, 2014. The election is a critical step for Ukraine. Russia, which the West alleges is fomenting the unrest that grips Ukraine’s eastern regions, claims the acting government is a junta; a credible election would bring a level of legitimacy to the government and undermine Moscow’s argument. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

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Zinaida Patskan, 80, stands in her destroyed house following a shelling from Ukrainian government forces in Semyonovka village near the major highway which links Kharkiv, outside Slovyansk, Ukraine, Thursday, May 22, 2014. The election is a critical step for Ukraine. Russia, which the West alleges is fomenting the unrest that grips Ukraine’s eastern regions, claims the acting government is a junta; a credible election would bring a level of legitimacy to the government and undermine Moscow’s argument. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

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FILE- This Sunday, May 18, 2014, file photo, shows a body guard of insurgent leader Denis Pushilin, back dropped by a statue of Lenin during a rally by pro-Russian people in Lenin Square, in Donetsk, Ukraine. In the streets of Donetsk, the separatist leaders and their followers are increasingly derided as a collection of heavily armed, barely employed misfits. Outside of the rebels' headquarters, it can be difficult to find anyone who agrees with their calls to secede from Ukraine and link this part of the country — with its generations of ethnic and linguistic ties to Russia — to Moscow. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda, File)

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FILE - This, Sunday, May 18, 2014, file photo, shows a body guard of insurgent leader Denis Pushilin, left, holding his weapon during a rally by pro-Russian people in Lenin Square, in Donetsk, Ukraine. In the streets of Donetsk, the separatist leaders and their followers are increasingly derided as a collection of heavily armed, barely employed misfits. Outside of the rebels' headquarters, it can be difficult to find anyone who agrees with their calls to secede from Ukraine and link this part of the country — with its generations of ethnic and linguistic ties to Russia — to Moscow. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda, File)

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Zinaida Patskan, 80, holds her pet cat Timofey in her destroyed house following a shelling from Ukrainian government forces in Semyonovka village near the major highway which links Kharkiv, outside Slovyansk, Ukraine, Thursday, May 22, 2014. The election is a critical step for Ukraine. Russia, which the West alleges is fomenting the unrest that grips Ukraine’s eastern regions, claims the acting government is a junta; a credible election would bring a level of legitimacy to the government and undermine Moscow’s argument. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

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Zinaida Patskan, 80, stands in front of her destroyed house following a shelling from Ukrainian government forces in Semyonovka village near the major highway which links Kharkiv, outside Slovyansk, Ukraine, Thursday, May 22, 2014. The election is a critical step for Ukraine. Russia, which the West alleges is fomenting the unrest that grips Ukraine’s eastern regions, claims the acting government is a junta; a credible election would bring a level of legitimacy to the government and undermine Moscow’s argument. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)