Photographers Vadim Ghirda and Evgeniy Maloletka have been covering the unrest in Ukraine this week for The Associated Press.
Ghirda joined the Associated Press in 1990 and his major assignments include social and political turmoil in Romaina following the fall of communism in 1989, the conflict in Yugoslavia that led to the break up of the federation, including the 1999 bombing of Serbia, the Israel-Palestinian Conflict of 2001-2004, Crimea, Iraq, and the Olympics in both London 2012 and Sochi 2014.
Maloletka has covered assignments for the Associated Press for the past year in the Ukraine, including the Ukrainian election and daily life.
Below is a selection of photos from the unfolding conflict over the past week.
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A Ukrainian serviceman guards positions in the village of Shyrokyne near Mariupol, eastern Ukraine, Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2015. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
A Russia-backed rebel sits in the cabin of a tow-truck part of a convoy transporting artillery pieces, outside the city of Donetsk, Ukraine, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2015. Howitzers were seen moving east Tuesday from the largest rebel-held city in eastern Ukraine further into separatist-controlled territory, but the Ukrainian government disputed the rebels’ claim that a heavy weapons pullback had begun. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
Relatives and members of a Ukrainian military medical unit mourn for their four comrades killed near Debaltseve during a ceremony in Artemivsk, eastern Ukraine, Monday, Feb. 23, 2015. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
Ammunition abandoned by retreating Ukrainian forces lies on the road near the village of Lohvynove, outside Debaltseve, Ukraine, Sunday, Feb. 22, 2015, on the edge of the territory controlled by Russia-backed separatists. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
Ukrainian prisoners of war wait in formation before a prisoner exchange in Russia-backed separatist controlled territory, near Zholobok, Ukraine, Saturday, Feb. 21, 2015. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
A Russia-backed separatist fighter sits in a self propelled 152 mm artillery piece, part of a unit moved away from the front lines, in Yelenovka, near Donetsk, Ukraine, Thursday, Feb. 26, 2015. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
A resident peers from behind a blanket affixed to a window frame behind broken panes at an apartment in Debaltseve, Ukraine, Monday, Feb. 23, 2015. After weeks of relentless fighting, the embattled Ukrainian rail hub of Debaltseve fell last week to Russia-backed separatists. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
A Ukrainian multiple rocket launcher and a military truck are transported by a sign of the town Artemivsk, eastern Ukraine, Monday, Feb. 23, 2015. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
Relatives and members of a Ukrainian military medical unit mourn for their four comrades killed near Debaltseve during a ceremony in Artemivsk, eastern Ukraine, Monday, Feb. 23, 2015. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
A Ukrainian serviceman checks a driver’s documents as he guards a checkpoint in Severodonetsk, eastern Ukraine, Saturday, Feb. 21, 2015. Ukrainian military and separatist representatives exchanged dozens of prisoners under cover of darkness at a remote frontline location, kicking off a process intended to usher in peace to the conflict-ridden east. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
A Russia-backed separatist uses a cable to climb inside the airport terminal while supervising Ukrainian prisoners of war removing bodies of Ukrainian servicemen from the rubble of the airport building outside Donetsk, Ukraine, Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2015. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
A Russia-backed separatist fighter sits in a self propelled 152 mm artillery piece, part of a unit moved away from the front lines, in Yelenovka, near Donetsk, Ukraine, Thursday, Feb. 26, 2015. Russia’s foreign minister is sharply criticizing Ukraine’s insistence that it won’t begin pulling back heavy weapons in its fight against separatists in the east until the rebels fully observe a cease-fire. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
A Ukrainian flag is seen behind a canon near the village of Luhanske, eastern Ukraine, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2015. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
A boy stands in a crater from an explosion in the village of Chermalyk, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Feb. 26, 2015. In a long-awaited development, Ukrainian forces and separatist fighters both announced Thursday they are pulling back heavy weapons from the front line in eastern Ukraine. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
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Picture-reporting from #Ukraine’s barrel of gun! Photographers Vadim Ghirda and Evgeniy Maloletka have been covering the unrest in Ukraine this week for The Associated Press.
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