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Ukrainian and Russian-backed rebels swap hundreds of prisoners in the war-torn East of the country, one of the largest such exchanges since the outbreak of an insurgency almost four years ago. IMAGES
Civilians evacuated from Russian occupied areas, including Mariupol, arrive in Zaporizhzhia in Ukraine. The United States is warning that Moscow is preparing to formally annex regions in the country's east, while the European Union is telling member states to brace for a complete breakdown in Russian gas supplies as it prepares a new package of sanctions. IMAGES
Pro-Russian rebels hold World War Two memorial at the destroyed monument to Soviet soldiers in Savur-Mohyla in eastern Ukraine. Deborah Lutterbeck reports.
A ceasefire is broadly holding in east Ukraine but separatists in the rebel stronghold of Donetsk are training in case hostilities with government troops resume. Mana Rabiee reports.