Ukraine marks one year on April 15 since it began military operations against pro-Russian separatists in the east. But what was supposed to be a swift intervention has turned into a protracted conflict that has claimed more than 6,000 lives.
Russia's War Against Ukraine
France 24: Ukraine’s Slaviansk still tense one year after start of war (VIDEO)
An elderly resident walks past a house destroyed by shelling in the besieged city of Slaviansk on June 24, 2014.
