Ukraine

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Denis Pushilin, a leader of the insurgency that has declared an independent "people's republik" in the Donetsk region, speaks at a news conference in eastern Ukraine city of Donetsk on Wednsday May 14, 2014. Pushilin said his faction wasn't invited to government-organized roundtable talks in Kiev.(AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

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Denis Pushilin, center, a leader of the insurgency that has declared an independent "people's republik" in the Donetsk region, leaves a news conference in eastern Ukraine city of Donetsk on Wednsday May 14, 2014. Pushilin said his faction wasn't invited to government-organized roundtable talks in Kiev.(AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

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Villagers take a break from shoveling sawdust off a truck at a farm near Korsun, a small town about 30 km north-east from Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, Tuesday, May 13, 2014. People in eastern Ukraine are trying to continue life as usual while their region is gripped by unrest amid an attempt by pro-Russian insurgents to break away their area from the rest of the country. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

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German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, left, shakes hands with acting Ukrainian President Oleksandr Turchynov during a meeting in Kiev, Ukraine, Tuesday, May 13, 2014. Steinmeier flew to Ukraine to help start talks between the Ukrainian government and its foes following the declaration of independence by two eastern regions. (AP Photo/Sergei Chuzavkov)