Events in Ukraine

A pro-Russian gunman speaks by phone in front of the city hall decorated with the flag of self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic, in the center of Slovyansk, eastern Ukraine, May 8, 2014.

A pro-Russia man takes cover from the rain with a piece of wood at the barricades surrounding the Donetsk administration building after a press conference to inform the media about a referendum, May 8, 2014.

A pro-Russian gunman atop a car patrols through the center of Slovyansk, eastern Ukraine, May 8, 2014.

The mother of a Cossack man killed in the burning of the trade union on May 2 holds a candle while crying next to his coffin during the funeral in Odessa, Ukraine, May 8, 2014.

A pro-Russia rebel wearing a gas mask places a Russian flag on the balcony of the city hall in Mariupol, eastern Ukraine, May 7, 2014.

A Ukrainian flag burns outside the city hall in Mariupol, May 7, 2014.

A woman looks at a Ukrainian armored personnel carrier at a checkpoint in Mariupol, May 7, 2014.

A Ukrainian soldier talks to a man at a checkpoint near the town of Slovyansk, May 7, 2014.

An armed pro-Russian man guards the local administration building behind barricades, with a helmet bearing a flag of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic, Slovyansk, May 6, 2014.

A worker walks past an information board displaying flight delays and cancellations at the international airport in Donetsk, May 6, 2014.