PHOTOS: Ukraine Army digs in at Mariupol as Pro-Russian rebels advance
August 29, 2014
A girl waves with an Ukrainian flag during an anti-war meeting in the town of Mariupol, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2014. Ukraine's president Petro Poroshenko called an emergency meeting of the nation's security council and canceled a foreign trip Thursday, declaring that "Russian forces have entered Ukraine," as concerns grew about the opening of a new front in the conflict. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits) ( Ukraine )
An Ukrainian soldier digs a trench on the outskirts of the southern Ukrainian city of Mariupol on August 29, 2014. NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen urged Russia on August 29 to halt its "illegal" military actions in Ukraine, accusing it of a "dangerous" attempt to destabilise its western neighbour. The conflict raging in eastern Ukraine has killed nearly 2,600 people, the United Nations said on August 29, voicing concern about atrocities committed by armed groups and the increasing involvement of foreign fighters. Alexander KHUDOTEPLY/AFP/Getty Images ( 532835702 )
Residents of Mariupol dig trenches and make fortifications with sandbags as they assist Ukrainian troops in organising their defence on the outskirts of the southern Ukrainian city of Mariupol on August 29, 2014. NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen urged Russia on August 29 to halt its "illegal" military actions in Ukraine, accusing it of a "dangerous" attempt to destabilise its western neighbour. The conflict raging in eastern Ukraine has killed nearly 2,600 people, the United Nations said on August 29, voicing concern about atrocities committed by armed groups and the increasing involvement of foreign fighters. Alexander KHUDOTEPLY/AFP/Getty Images ( 532834816 )
Residents of Mariupol dig trenches and make fortifications with sandbags as they assist Ukrainian troops in organising their defence on the outskirts of the southern Ukrainian city of Mariupol on August 29, 2014. NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen urged Russia on August 29 to halt its "illegal" military actions in Ukraine, accusing it of a "dangerous" attempt to destabilise its western neighbour. The conflict raging in eastern Ukraine has killed nearly 2,600 people, the United Nations said on August 29, voicing concern about atrocities committed by armed groups and the increasing involvement of foreign fighters. Alexander KHUDOTEPLY/AFP/Getty Images ( 532834834 )
Local residents watch as smoke rises, during shelling, in the town of Novoazovsk, eastern Ukraine, Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2014. Separatist rebels shelled a town in southeastern Ukraine on Wednesday, raising fears they are launching a counter-offensive on government-held parts of the region, one day after the leaders of Ukraine and Russia met to discuss the escalating crisis. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits) ( Ukraine )
Firefighters work to extinguish a fire after shelling by pro-Russian militants on the outskirts of the small southern Ukrainian city of Novoazovsk, Donetsk region, on August 27, 2014. Ukraine appealed for NATO's help on August 27 after reporting that a huge convoy of tanks and weaponry from Russia was moving through the southeast of the country. Alexander KHUDOTEPLY/AFP/Getty Images ( 532789690 )
Ukrainian soldiers park their hardware on the roadside as they wait for the start of the march into the town of Mariupol, eastern Ukraine, Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2014. Pro-Russian rebel forces entered a key town of Novoazovsk in southeastern Ukraine on Wednesday after three days of heavy shelling, the town's mayor said, capturing new territory far from most of their battles with government troops. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits) ( Ukraine )
Ukrainian soldiers ride atop an APC near the village of Sakhanka, eastern Ukraine, Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2014. Separatist rebels shelled a town of Novoazovsk in southeastern Ukraine on Wednesday, raising fears they are launching a counter-offensive on government-held parts of the region, one day after the leaders of Ukraine and Russia met to discuss the escalating crisis. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits) ( Ukraine )
EU Energy Commissioner Guenther Oettinger (2ndR) attends a meeting with Russia's Energy Minister Alexander Novak (2ndL) and Gazprom CEO Alexey Miller (L) on August 29, 2014 in Moscow. KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP/Getty Images ( 532829548 )
In this Thursday, Aug. 28, 2014 file photo, President Barack Obama leaves after speaking about the economy, Iraq, and Ukraine, in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, before convening a meeting with his national security team on the militant threat in Syria and Iraq. Obama's summer fashion choice, not unprecedented among presidents - himself included - was the talk of social media, Thursday. Other presidents who have taken on tan include Bill Clinton, Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush, George W. Bush and Dwight Eisenhower. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, file) ( APTOPIX Obama-Tan Suit )
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov listens for a question after talks with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in Moscow, Russia, Friday, Aug. 29, 2014. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov dismissed the accusations of an invasion in a televised news conference on Friday, saying that Moscow "has not been presented with any facts" proving that it had happened. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko) ( Russia Ukraine )
Captured Russian paratroopers are seen in this image taken from video in Kiev on Wednesday Aug. 27. 2014. Ten Russian paratroopers were captured this week in Ukraine, adding to a growing body of evidence that Russia, despite its denials, is sending regular troops and weapons to support the separatists in their increasingly deadly fight against Ukrainian forces. (AP Photo/Channel 5) ( Russia Missing Soldiers )
A military attache examines a Russian T-64BV tank displayed in Kiev on August 29, 2014. Russian weapons and artillery, seized by Ukrainian forces from pro-Russian separatists following clashes in the east of the country, were displayed for inspection by foreign military attaches accredited in Ukraine. Ukraine's Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk said that the government is seeking to join NATO and is submitting a relevant bill to parliament to end its official 'non-bloc' policy. SERGEI SUPINSKY/AFP/Getty Images ( 532833296 )
Russian President Vladimir Putin, center, arrives at a meeting with participants in the youth educational forum at the Seliger youth camp near Lake Seliger, some 450 kilometres (281 miles) northwest of Moscow, in Tver region, Russia, Friday, Aug. 29, 2014. At left is presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Mikhail Klimentyev, Presidential Press Service) ( Russia Putin )
Police walk away as a protestor lights a smoke bomb during a demonstration outside the Russian Consulate in the southeastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv on August 28, 2014. People called for a united Ukraine and asked Russia to withdraw its military forces from the country. Ukraine and the West said on August 28 that Russian troops were actively involved in the fighting tearing apart the east of the country, raising fears of a direct military confrontation between Kiev and its former Soviet master. The United States warned it was considering new sanctions against Russia over its involvement in the latest fighting in Ukraine. SERGEY BOBOK/AFP/Getty Images ( 532831277 )
Relatives and friends say goodbye to volunteers before they were sent to the eastern part of Ukraine to join the ranks of special battalion unit fighting against pro-Russian separatists, in Kiev, Ukraine, Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2014. It was the second straight day that attacks were reported in the vicinity of Novoazovsk, which is in eastern Ukraineís separatist Donetsk region but previously had seen little fighting between Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian rebels. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) ( APTOPIX Ukraine )
Ukrainian forces guard a checkpoint in the town of Mariupol, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2014. Ukraine's president Petro Poroshenko called an emergency meeting of the nation's security council and canceled a foreign trip Thursday, declaring that "Russian forces have entered Ukraine," as concerns grew about the opening of a new front in the conflict. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits) ( Ukraine )
People hold placards (RtoL) reading "Putin get out!", "Putin go home, there is no vodka!" and "Death for enemies!", during a rally in the center of the southern Ukrainian city of Mariupol, in the Donetsk region, on August 28, 2014. A few thousand people called for a united Ukraine and asked for Russia to withdraw its military forces from the country. Alexander KHUDOTEPLY/AFP/Getty Images ( 532816704 )
People attend an anti-war meeting in the town of Mariupol, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2014. Ukraine's president Petro Poroshenko called an emergency meeting of the nation's security council and canceled a foreign trip Thursday, declaring that "Russian forces have entered Ukraine," as concerns grew about the opening of a new front in the conflict. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits) ( Ukraine )
A man with his baby is seen between Ukrainian flags prior to an anti-war meeting in the town of Mariupol, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2014. Ukraine's president Petro Poroshenko called an emergency meeting of the nation's security council and canceled a foreign trip Thursday, declaring that "Russian forces have entered Ukraine," as concerns grew about the opening of a new front in the conflict. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits) ( Ukraine )
Ludmila Hohlova, Chairman of the Board of Soldiers' Mothers gestures on August 28, 2014 near a check point of the Russian paratroopers' base in Kostroma, some 350 km outside Moscow. Wives and mothers of Russian soldiers were set to demonstrate on August 28 after reports of secret military funerals ratcheted up pressure on Moscow to come clean about its role in the Ukraine conflict. The women said paratroopers from a base in Kostroma, north of Moscow, were sent on military drills and then went incommunicado, only for some of their husbands and sons to return in pine boxes. DMITRY SEREBRYAKOV/AFP/Getty Images ( 532831257 )
An Orthodox church crosses hangs on a chest of a pro-Russian rebel in the town of Novoazovsk, in eastern Ukraine, Friday, Aug. 29, 2014. In Novoazovsk, pro Russian rebel fighters looked to be in firm control, well-equipped and relaxed. At least half a dozen tanks were seen on roads around the town, although the total number at the rebels' disposal is believed to be much greater. Novoazovsk fell swiftly to the rebels Wednesday after being pounded by shelling. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits) ( Ukraine )
A Pro-Russian rebel jumps over the trench at the Novoazovsk border crossing point,in eastern Ukraine, Friday, Aug. 29, 2014. In Novoazovsk, pro Russian rebel fighters looked to be in firm control, well-equipped and relaxed. At least half a dozen tanks were seen on roads around the town, although the total number at the rebelsí disposal is believed to be much greater. Novoazovsk fell swiftly to the rebels Wednesday after being pounded by shelling.(AP Photo/Sergei Grits) ( Ukraine )
Villagers look at pro-Russian fighters pasting a paper on the wall of a supermarket in downtown Novoazovsk, 50kms east of the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol, on August 29, 2014. The paper reads" The Fredom Army of Novarussia welcomes you, we are here and planning to stay for a long time. Do not believe in rumors that we are about to leave the city. Our goal is to go further, your goal is to build up a peaceful and honourable lifestyle". Residents in east Ukraine's strategic port Mariupol dug trenches Friday as others packed up and fled over fears the city could be the next target for advancing pro-Russian rebels. FRANCISCO LEONG/AFP/Getty Images ( 532837317 )
Captured Ukrainian border guard sits in a garage at the Novoazovsk border crossing point, in eastern Ukraine, Friday, Aug. 29, 2014. In Novoazovsk, pro Russian rebel fighters looked to be in firm control, well-equipped and relaxed. At least half a dozen tanks were seen on roads around the town, although the total number at the rebelsí disposal is believed to be much greater. Novoazovsk fell swiftly to the rebels Wednesday after being pounded by shelling. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits) ( Ukraine )
A local resident passes by a cannon of a pro-Russian tank in the town of Novoazovsk,in eastern Ukraine, Friday, Aug. 29, 2014. In Novoazovsk, pro Russian rebel fighters looked to be in firm control, well-equipped and relaxed. At least half a dozen tanks were seen on roads around the town, although the total number at the rebelsí disposal is believed to be much greater. Novoazovsk fell swiftly to the rebels Wednesday after being pounded by shelling.(AP Photo/Sergei Grits) ( Ukraine )
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