Ukraine eyes EU membership as fighting in east continues
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A view of an apartment building damaged during shelling in Donetsk, in territory under the government of the Donetsk People's Republic, eastern Ukraine, Wednesday, June 22.ASSOCIATED PRESS
A woman gestures near an apartment building damaged during shelling in Donetsk, in territory under the government of the Donetsk People's Republic, eastern Ukraine, Wednesday, June 22.ASSOCIATED PRESS
A boy removes broken glass from a window's frame after shelling in Donetsk, in territory under the government of the Donetsk People's Republic, eastern Ukraine, Wednesday, June 22.ASSOCIATED PRESS
A man inspects a car damaged during shelling in Donetsk, in territory under the government of the Donetsk People's Republic, eastern Ukraine, Wednesday, June 22.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Farmer Oleksandr Zhuravsky checks the wheat in a field in Donetsk region, Ukraine, Tuesday, June 21. Russian hostilities in Ukraine are preventing grain from leaving the "breadbasket of the world" and making food more expensive across the globe, threatening to worsen shortages, hunger and political instability in developing countries.ASSOCIATED PRESS
A farmer inspects a Russian rocket fragment after shelling on a sunflower field in Donetsk region, Ukraine, Tuesday, June 21.ASSOCIATED PRESS
A girl dances near a building destroyed in Russian attacks in Borodyanka, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, June 21.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Girls dance near a building destroyed in Russian attacks, in Borodyanka, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, June 21.POOL PHOTO VIA AP
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a wreath laying ceremony at the Tomb of Unknown Soldier in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, June 22, marking the 81st anniversary of the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union.SPUTNIK, KREMLIN POOL PHOTO VIA AP
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a wreath laying ceremony at the Tomb of Unknown Soldier in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, June 22, marking the 81st anniversary of the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union.RUSSIAN EMERGENCY MINISTRY PRESS SERVICE VIA AP
In this handout photo released by Russian Emergency Ministry Press Service, Russian Emergency Situation ministry's firefighters work at the scene of a fire at the Novoshakhtinsk oil processing plant in the Rostov-on-Don region in Russia, Wednesday, June 22. A drone strike caused a fire at a refinery in southwestern Russia near the border with Ukraine on Wednesday, but no one was hurt and the blaze was contained quickly, officials said.