MARIUPOL, Ukraine - A thunderstorm loomed over Mariupol on the afternoon of July 6. To the north, the sky turned dark and a cool pre-storm breeze kicked up as the sounds of distant thunder began to roll in.
Russia's War Against Ukraine
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A marksman of the Donbass Battalion, a volunteer militia group devoted to ensuring a united Ukraine, looks down the scope of his rifle searching for pro-Russian separatists, at a position held by Ukrainian forces in the village of Shyrokyne.