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Donetsk separatists introduce the death penalty for treason http://t.co/KOpNE338dh pic.twitter.com/A6WQA5pNFs
— Newsweek (@Newsweek) August 18, 2014
RT @BojanowskiW: Now we see tanks on the way to the border pic.twitter.com/Y3EgzbPSPz
— Paul Sonne (@PaulSonne) August 18, 2014
Merkel making "unusual" visit to #Ukraine underscores failure of Berlin talks (http://t.co/oPRENPIapb @lindakinstler) http://t.co/JUITgB9XMn
— Isaac Webb (@isaacdwebb) August 18, 2014
http://t.co/XVMVpJvpQA Klimkin: #Russia still wants to make war, not peace in #Ukraine pic.twitter.com/VOJx1a8OyW
— Kyiv Post (@KyivPost) August 18, 2014
Luhansk "acting" rebel leader Igor Plotnitsky also denies refugee convoy attack - (RU) https://t.co/LuHvgSKO9q
— Nikolaus von Twickel (@niktwick) August 18, 2014