The Ukrainian woman dressed in black cut a forlorn figure as she crossed the buffer zone between the checkpoints. Her veil and simple mourning-clothes distinguished her from the hundreds of other civilians waiting to be drip-fed through the checkpoint by pro-government soldiers.
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Vice News: Checkpoints block civilians, aid traffic in eastern Ukraine
A line of vehicles stand at a Ukrainian checkpoint prior to entering Kiev-held territory near Artemivsk in the Donetsk Oblast on May 26.
