MOSCOW - Russia announced on Oct. 28 it will recognise separatist polls in Ukraine next weekend, fuelling tensions with the country's newly elected pro-Western leaders as they negotiate on forming a coalition government.
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A pro-Russian separatist soldier looks at one of the rocket exposed by separatist militaries at the Makivvka checkpoint, 10 kilometers east of Donetsk on Oct. 12, 2014.
