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Russian journalist Arkady Babchenko, who Kiev police said Tuesday had been killed, showed up alive at a press conference Wednesday. His death was faked as part of a sting operation by the Ukrainian Security Service. Sergei Supinsky/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Police officers examine the crime scene where a Ukrainian lawmaker was wounded and his bodyguard killed in Kiev late Wednesday night. AFP/Getty Images hide caption
A heavy police presence guarded supporters of LGBT rights at the gay pride parade in Kiev on Sunday. In previous years, violence has broken out between pride supporters and far-right protesters. Efrem Lukatsky/AP hide caption
Forensic experts examine the wreckage of a burned car in Kiev, Ukraine. Pavel Sheremet, a prominent investigative journalist, was killed when the car exploded on Wednesday. Efrem Lukatsky/AP hide caption
On Sunday, thousands of people gathered in Maidan to mark the first anniversary of anti-government demonstrations that left scores of protesters dead. Geovien So/Barcroft Media/Landov hide caption
Ukrainian soldiers man a checkpoint about 30 miles from Donetsk on Thursday. A government official said Friday that a rocket attack had killed as many as 30 troops. Genya Savilov/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
A Pro-Russian force guards a barricade outside a regional police building seized by armed men in Slovyansk Sunday. Ukraine, which launched an "anti-terrorist operation" in the eastern town, says one of its officers has been killed in a clash near the town. Genya Savilov/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
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Members of Ukraine's Svoboda party fight with members of the Communist Party in Ukraine's Parliament Tuesday, during a debate over a law toughening responsibility for separatism. AFP/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
A man holds a Soviet Union flag during a pro-Russia rally in Simferopol, Crimea's Lenin Square Sunday. In Kiev, Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk vows not to give "an inch" of territory to Russia. Filippo Monteforte/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
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Anti-government protesters stand guard in front of Ukraine's parliament in Kiev on Saturday. Marko Drobnjakovic/AP hide caption
Kiev's Independence Square on Thursday (Feb. 20, 2014). Vasily Fedosenko/Reuters/Landov hide caption
Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych (right) and opposition leader Vitali Klitschko shake hands Friday after signing an agreement that diplomats hope will end the bloodshed in Kiev. Tim Brakemeier/EPA/Landov hide caption
An injured man is carried away Thursday after more clashes between anti-government protesters and police in Kiev. Yannis Behrakis/Reuters/Landov hide caption
Anti-government protesters throw stones during clashes with riot police in Kiev's Independence Square on Wednesday. Efrem Lukatsky/AP hide caption
Riot police officers stand in Kiev's Independence Square on Wednesday as smoke rises from protesters' burning barricades. Alexey Furman/EPA/Landov hide caption
On Friday in Kiev, a woman knelt as she appealed to Ukranian police troops at the site of clashes with anti-government protesters. Gleb Garanich/Reuters/Landov hide caption
A protester walks pass burning tires in central Kiev, Ukraine, on Thursday. Sergei Grits/AP hide caption