Viktor Stepanenko, 69, stands outside his apartment house in the town of Snezhnoye destroyed by a Ukrainian army's missile which killed his wife and 11 more people.

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Ukrainian soldier Serhiy Kuzmenko, left, taken prisoner by the self-defense forces during a transfer of his wounded fellow soldiers to a hospital in Snezhny, reunites with his family.

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Ukrainian soldier Serhiy Kuzmenko, second right, taken prisoner by the self-defense forces during a transfer of his wounded fellow soldiers to a hospital in Snezhny, reunites with his family.

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Ukrainian soldier Serhiy Kuzmenko taken prisoner by the self-defense forces during a transfer of his wounded fellow soldiers to a hospital in Snezhny, reunites with his family.

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Ukrainian soldier Serhiy Kuzmenko taken prisoner by the self-defense forces during a transfer of his wounded fellow soldiers to a hospital in Snezhny, reunites with his family.

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Ukrainian soldier Serhiy Kuzmenko taken prisoner by the self-defense forces during a transfer of his wounded fellow soldiers to a hospital in Snezhny, reunites with his family.

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Ukrainian soldier Denis Denysenko taken prisoner when wounded, in Snezhny. The soldier reunited with his family.

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Ukrainian soldier Denis Denysenko taken prisoner when wounded, in Snezhny. The soldier reunited with his family.

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Ukrainian soldier Serhiy Kuzmenko taken prisoner by the self-defense forces during a transfer of his wounded fellow soldiers to a hospital in Snezhny. The soldier reunited with his family.

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Ukrainian soldier Serhiy Kuzmenko taken prisoner by the self-defense forces during a transfer of his wounded fellow soldiers to a hospital in Snezhny. The soldier reunited with his family.

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Ukrainian soldier Serhiy Kuzmenko taken prisoner by the self-defense forces during a transfer of his wounded fellow soldiers to a hospital in Snezhny. The soldier reunited with his family.

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A member of the self-defense forces is seen at the site where his mate was earlier killed by a tripwire bomb near the village of Marinovka at the Ukrainian-Russian border.

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A member of the self-defense forces on the frontline near the village of Marinovka at the Ukrainian-Russian border.

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Members of the self-defense forces on the frontline near the village of Marinovka at the Ukrainian-Russian border.

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Journalists and members of the self-defense forces on the frontline near the village of Marinovka at the Ukrainian-Russian border.

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A member of the self-defense forces on the frontline near the village of Marinovka at the Ukrainian-Russian border.

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