A pro-Russian separatist leader in eastern Ukraine has announced a "general mobilization" with the aim of bolstering separatist armed forces to as many as 100,000 fighters.
East Ukraine Rebel Chief Calls for Broad Mobilization
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Ukrainian army vehicles drive through the fields of Debaltseve as fighting intensifies between government and rebel forces for control of this key railway hub, eastern Ukraine, Feb. 2, 2015.
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People mourn during a funeral ceremony for Ruslan Boburov and Vadym Zherebylo, members of the self-defense battalion "Aydar," who were killed while fighting in eastern Ukraine, Feb. 2, 2015.
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Servicemen from the battalion "Aydar" remove a Ukrainian flag from the Ukraine's Defense Ministry during a protest against the disbanding of the battalion, in Kyiv, Feb. 2, 2015.
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A man stands in a flat damaged by recent shelling in Yenakieve, a town northeast of Donetsk, Feb. 2, 2015.