Ukraine's Independence Day Shows a Torn Country
Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko (L, front) sings a national anthem during the Independence Day military parade, in the center of Kiev.
A compilation of alternating pictures from Kiev and Donetsk illustrates the divide between Ukraine government forces and separatists in the country's east, as both sides took to the streets to celebrate Ukraine's 24th Independence Day on Sunday.
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On Independence Day, Ukraine's Existence Questioned
A compilation of alternating pictures from Kiev and Donetsk illustrates the divide between Ukraine government forces and separatists in the country's east, as both sides took to the streets to celebrate Ukraine's 24th Independence Day on Sunday.
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On Independence Day, Ukraine's Existence Questioned
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Ukrainian prisoners of war sit in a bus after being escorted for a forced-march across central Donetsk. Separatist rebels force-marched dozens of Ukrainian prisoners of war along the main street.
A compilation of alternating pictures from Kiev and Donetsk illustrates the divide between Ukraine government forces and separatists in the country's east, as both sides took to the streets to celebrate Ukraine's 24th Independence Day on Sunday.
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On Independence Day, Ukraine's Existence Questioned
A compilation of alternating pictures from Kiev and Donetsk illustrates the divide between Ukraine government forces and separatists in the country's east, as both sides took to the streets to celebrate Ukraine's 24th Independence Day on Sunday.
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On Independence Day, Ukraine's Existence Questioned
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Border guards march during Ukraine's Independence Day military parade, in the center of Kiev.
A compilation of alternating pictures from Kiev and Donetsk illustrates the divide between Ukraine government forces and separatists in the country's east, as both sides took to the streets to celebrate Ukraine's 24th Independence Day on Sunday.
Read more:
On Independence Day, Ukraine's Existence Questioned
A compilation of alternating pictures from Kiev and Donetsk illustrates the divide between Ukraine government forces and separatists in the country's east, as both sides took to the streets to celebrate Ukraine's 24th Independence Day on Sunday.
Read more:
On Independence Day, Ukraine's Existence Questioned
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Armed separatists (R) escort a column of Ukrainian prisoners of war as they walk across the center of Donetsk.
A compilation of alternating pictures from Kiev and Donetsk illustrates the divide between Ukraine government forces and separatists in the country's east, as both sides took to the streets to celebrate Ukraine's 24th Independence Day on Sunday.
Read more:
On Independence Day, Ukraine's Existence Questioned
A compilation of alternating pictures from Kiev and Donetsk illustrates the divide between Ukraine government forces and separatists in the country's east, as both sides took to the streets to celebrate Ukraine's 24th Independence Day on Sunday.
Read more:
On Independence Day, Ukraine's Existence Questioned
Maxim Shemetov / Reuters
Troops take part in Ukraine's Independence Day military parade in the center of Kiev.
A compilation of alternating pictures from Kiev and Donetsk illustrates the divide between Ukraine government forces and separatists in the country's east, as both sides took to the streets to celebrate Ukraine's 24th Independence Day on Sunday.
Read more:
On Independence Day, Ukraine's Existence Questioned
A compilation of alternating pictures from Kiev and Donetsk illustrates the divide between Ukraine government forces and separatists in the country's east, as both sides took to the streets to celebrate Ukraine's 24th Independence Day on Sunday.
Read more:
On Independence Day, Ukraine's Existence Questioned
Gleb Garanich / Reuters
People holding flags of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic climb onto a seized Ukrainian army Grad multiple rocket launcher system that was destroyed in fighting, after it was placed on public display at the central square in Donetsk.
A compilation of alternating pictures from Kiev and Donetsk illustrates the divide between Ukraine government forces and separatists in the country's east, as both sides took to the streets to celebrate Ukraine's 24th Independence Day on Sunday.
Read more:
On Independence Day, Ukraine's Existence Questioned
A compilation of alternating pictures from Kiev and Donetsk illustrates the divide between Ukraine government forces and separatists in the country's east, as both sides took to the streets to celebrate Ukraine's 24th Independence Day on Sunday.
Read more:
On Independence Day, Ukraine's Existence Questioned
Maxim Shemetov / Reuters
Ukraine's former Presidents Viktor Yushchenko (L), Leonid Kravchuk (R) and Leonid Kuchma attend Ukraine's Independence Day military parade in the center of Kiev.
A compilation of alternating pictures from Kiev and Donetsk illustrates the divide between Ukraine government forces and separatists in the country's east, as both sides took to the streets to celebrate Ukraine's 24th Independence Day on Sunday.
Read more:
On Independence Day, Ukraine's Existence Questioned
A compilation of alternating pictures from Kiev and Donetsk illustrates the divide between Ukraine government forces and separatists in the country's east, as both sides took to the streets to celebrate Ukraine's 24th Independence Day on Sunday.
Read more:
On Independence Day, Ukraine's Existence Questioned
Gleb Garanich / Reuters
A man reacts as a group of Ukrainian prisoners of war walks past across central Donetsk.
A compilation of alternating pictures from Kiev and Donetsk illustrates the divide between Ukraine government forces and separatists in the country's east, as both sides took to the streets to celebrate Ukraine's 24th Independence Day on Sunday.
Read more:
On Independence Day, Ukraine's Existence Questioned
A compilation of alternating pictures from Kiev and Donetsk illustrates the divide between Ukraine government forces and separatists in the country's east, as both sides took to the streets to celebrate Ukraine's 24th Independence Day on Sunday.
Read more:
On Independence Day, Ukraine's Existence Questioned
Maxim Shemetov / Reuters
Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko waves to audience after the Independence Day military parade, in the center of Kiev.
A compilation of alternating pictures from Kiev and Donetsk illustrates the divide between Ukraine government forces and separatists in the country's east, as both sides took to the streets to celebrate Ukraine's 24th Independence Day on Sunday.
Read more:
On Independence Day, Ukraine's Existence Questioned
A compilation of alternating pictures from Kiev and Donetsk illustrates the divide between Ukraine government forces and separatists in the country's east, as both sides took to the streets to celebrate Ukraine's 24th Independence Day on Sunday.
Read more:
On Independence Day, Ukraine's Existence Questioned
Gleb Garanich / Reuters
Armed separatists escort a column of Ukrainian prisoners of war (L) as they walk across central Donetsk.
A compilation of alternating pictures from Kiev and Donetsk illustrates the divide between Ukraine government forces and separatists in the country's east, as both sides took to the streets to celebrate Ukraine's 24th Independence Day on Sunday.
Read more:
On Independence Day, Ukraine's Existence Questioned
A compilation of alternating pictures from Kiev and Donetsk illustrates the divide between Ukraine government forces and separatists in the country's east, as both sides took to the streets to celebrate Ukraine's 24th Independence Day on Sunday.
Read more:
On Independence Day, Ukraine's Existence Questioned
Maxim Shemetov / Reuters