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Authorities in Ukraine's capital city Kyiv announced there will be no fireworks display for the city's New Year's celebrations this year, in honour of those affected by the crisis in the country's east, where fighting between pro-Russian rebels and government forces has killed nearly 5,000 people in the last year. 

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