Fighting continues in Eastern Ukraine, as soldiers report that Russian-backed militant in Luhansk and Donetsk regions have stepped up attacks, using weapons prohibited in the February Minsk truce agreement.
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A stray dog walks past a damaged house in the frontline neighbourhood of Jabunki by the airport in Donetsk on April 19, 2015 in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic (DNR). The neighbourhood is largely deserted with only a few people with nowhere to go and packs of stray dogs left behind. Detonations from shelling are still heard with regularity as well as eruption of small arms fire exchanges in the area despite a ceasefire deal aimed to end a year of fighting that has killed more than 6,000 people AFP PHOTO / ODD ANDERSEN
