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Vyacheslav Ponomarev, center, the self-proclaimed mayor of Slovyansk talks with local citizens whose homes were ruined in a shelling in Slovyansk, eastern Ukraine, Tuesday, May 20, 2014. On Tuesday, the rebels continued to exchange fire with government forces on the outskirts of the eastern city of Slovyansk, which has been the epicenter of clashes. Residents of Slovyansk sounded exasperated and angry with both the warring sides. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

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Vyacheslav Ponomarev, left, the self-proclaimed mayor of Slovyansk, shakes hands with a woman during his meeting with local citizens whose homes were ruined in a shelling in Slovyansk, eastern Ukraine, Tuesday, May 20, 2014. On Tuesday, the rebels continued to exchange fire with government forces on the outskirts of the eastern city of Slovyansk, which has been the epicenter of clashes. Residents of Slovyansk sounded exasperated and angry with both the warring sides. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

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Vyacheslav Ponomarev, center in blue, the self-proclaimed mayor of Slovyansk speaks to local citizens whose homes were ruined in a shelling as his armed bodyguard stands behind his back in Slovyansk, eastern Ukraine, Tuesday, May 20, 2014. On Tuesday, the rebels continued to exchange fire with government forces on the outskirts of the eastern city of Slovyansk, which has been the epicenter of clashes. Residents of Slovyansk sounded exasperated and angry with both the warring sides. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

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Vyacheslav Ponomarev, center, the self-proclaimed mayor of Slovyansk, speaks to local citizens whose homes were ruined in a shelling in Slovyansk, eastern Ukraine, Tuesday, May 20, 2014. On Tuesday, the rebels continued to exchange fire with government forces on the outskirts of the eastern city of Slovyansk, which has been the epicenter of clashes. Residents of Slovyansk sounded exasperated and angry with both the warring sides. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

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A gunman aims his weapon in the hatch of a car at a local administration building preparing to patrol in Slovyansk, eastern Ukraine, Monday, May 19, 2014, with a huge Donetsk People's Republic flag in the background. Heavy mortar fire outside the eastern Ukrainian city of Slovyansk has damaged a large gas pipeline and set off a fire. Slovyansk has been the epicenter of fighting between Ukrainian troops and pro-Russian insurgents, who have seized government buildings across the east. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)