Following Ukraine's decision not to renew a ceasefire - which had already been broken on numerous occasions - hostilities with pro-Russian separatists in the country’s east intensified on July 1.
Russia's War Against Ukraine
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A pro-Russian militant rests after he took part in the storm of the regional police station in the centre of the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk on July 1, 2014.