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Nikolay Nikolaevych und vier seiner Freunde versteckten sich im Keller während des 17-stündigen Beschuss Nikolaevkas.<br />
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Slovyansk, Region Donezk, Donbass, Ostukraine, Juli 2014. Menschen vor ihren zerbombten Häusern. / Slovyansk, Donetsk region, Donbass, East Ukraine, July 2014. People in front of their homes after bombing. <br />
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On April 12, 2014, during the ongoing crisis following the 2014 Ukrainian revolution, masked men in army fatigues and bulletproof vests armed with Kalashnikov assault rifles captured the executive committee building, the police department, and SBU office in Sloviansk.On April 13, 2014, there were reports of fighting between the gunmen and Ukranian troops, with casualties on both sides.The city was held by separatist forces until July 5, 2014, when pressed by the Ukrainian army they had to retreat from Sloviansk.<br />
Slovyansk, Donetsk region, Donbass, East Ukraine, July 2014.