AP Images TeamFebruary 27, 2015Vadim Ghirda1 Comment

Ukraine: Feb. 21 - 27, 2015

AP Images TeamFebruary 27, 2015Vadim Ghirda1 Comment

Photographers Vadim Ghirda and Evgeniy Maloletka have been covering the unrest in Ukraine this week for The Associated Press.

Ghirda joined the Associated Press in 1990 and his major assignments include social and political turmoil in Romaina following the fall of communism in 1989, the conflict in Yugoslavia that led to the break up of the federation, including the 1999 bombing of Serbia, the Israel-Palestinian Conflict of 2001-2004, Crimea, Iraq, and the Olympics in both London 2012 and Sochi 2014.

Maloletka has covered assignments for the Associated Press for the past year in the Ukraine, including the Ukrainian election and daily life.

Below is a selection of photos from the unfolding conflict over the past week.

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Relatives and members of a Ukrainian military medical unit mourn for their four comrades killed near Debaltseve during a ceremony in Artemivsk, eastern Ukraine, Monday, Feb. 23, 2015. Ukraine delayed a promised pullback of heavy weapons from the front line Monday in eastern Ukraine, blaming continuing attacks from separatist rebels. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

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A Russia-backed separatist fighter sits in a self propelled 152 mm artillery piece, part of a unit moved away from the front lines, in Yelenovka, near Donetsk, Ukraine,Thursday, Feb. 26, 2015. Russia's foreign minister is sharply criticizing Ukraine's insistence that it won't begin pulling back heavy weapons in its fight against separatists in the east until the rebels fully observe a cease-fire. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

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A Russia-backed rebel sits in the cabin of a tow-truck part of a convoy transporting artillery pieces, outside the city of Donetsk, Ukraine, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2015. Howitzers were seen moving east Tuesday from the largest rebel-held city in eastern Ukraine further into separatist-controlled territory, but the Ukrainian government disputed the rebels' claim that a heavy weapons pullback had begun.(AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

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A Ukrainian serviceman guards positions in the village of Shyrokyne near Mariupol, eastern Ukraine, Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2015. Russia-backed rebels continued testing Ukrainian defenses at the village of Shyrokyne, near the strategic port city of Mariupol. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

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Ukrainian prisoners of war wait in formation before a prisoner exchange in Russia-backed separatist controlled territory, near Zholobok, Ukraine, Saturday, Feb. 21, 2015. Ukrainian military and separatist representatives exchanged dozens of prisoners under cover of darkness at a remote frontline location Saturday evening. 139 Ukrainian troops and 52 rebels were exchanged, according to a separatist official overseeing the prisoner swap at a no man’s land location near the village of Zholobok, some 20 kilometers (12 miles) west of Luhansk. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

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AP10ThingsToSee - A Russia-backed separatist uses a cable to climb inside the airport terminal while supervising Ukrainian prisoners of war removing bodies of Ukrainian servicemen from the rubble of the airport building outside Donetsk, Ukraine, Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2015. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

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A Ukrainian multiple rocket launcher and a military truck are transported by a sign of the town Artemivsk, eastern Ukraine, Monday, Feb. 23, 2015. A Ukrainian military spokesman says continuing attacks from rebels are delaying Ukrainian forces' pullback of heavy weapons from the front line in the country's east. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

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A Ukrainian serviceman checks a driver's documents as he guards a checkpoint in Severodonetsk, eastern Ukraine, Saturday, Feb. 21, 2015. Ukrainian military and separatist representatives exchanged dozens of prisoners under cover of darkness at a remote frontline location Saturday evening, kicking off a process intended to usher in peace to the conflict-ridden east. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

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A Ukrainian flag is seen behind a canon near the village of Luhanske, eastern Ukraine, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2015. Ukrainian officials said they haven’t yet started pulling heavy weapons back from a frontline in eastern Ukraine because of continued rebel violations of a cease-fire deal. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

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A resident peers from behind a blanket affixed to a window frame behind broken panes at an apartment in Debaltseve, Ukraine, Monday, Feb. 23, 2015. After weeks of relentless fighting, the embattled Ukrainian rail hub of Debaltseve fell last week to Russia-backed separatists. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

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A boy stands in a crater from an explosion in the village of Chermalyk, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Feb. 26, 2015. In a long-awaited development, Ukrainian forces and separatist fighters both announced Thursday they are pulling back heavy weapons from the front line in eastern Ukraine. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

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Ammunition abandoned by retreating Ukrainian forces lies on the road near the village of Lohvynove, outside Debaltseve, Ukraine, Sunday, Feb. 22, 2015, on the edge of the territory controlled by Russia-backed separatists. Ukrainian military and separatist representatives exchanged dozens of prisoners under cover of darkness at a remote frontline location Saturday evening, kicking off a process intended to usher in peace to the conflict-ridden east.(AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

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