Ukraine tensions smoulder as Kiev talks begin

By Paul McGeough
Updated May 15 2014 - 6:08pm, first published 5:33pm
Locals stand near remains of a Ukrainian truck mounted canon, destroyed yesterday when Pro-Russian rebels attacked the Ukrainian military killing 6 soldiers and wounding 8 in Dmitrievka, East Ukraine.  Photo: Kate Geraghty
Locals stand near remains of a Ukrainian truck mounted canon, destroyed yesterday when Pro-Russian rebels attacked the Ukrainian military killing 6 soldiers and wounding 8 in Dmitrievka, East Ukraine. Photo: Kate Geraghty
Locals stand near remains of a destroyed Ukrainian APC. Photo: Kate Geraghty
Locals stand near remains of a destroyed Ukrainian APC. Photo: Kate Geraghty
Destroyed bullets near remains of a Ukrainian APC, destroyed when Pro-Russian rebels attacked.  Photo: Kate Geraghty
Destroyed bullets near remains of a Ukrainian APC, destroyed when Pro-Russian rebels attacked. Photo: Kate Geraghty
Locals scavenging from the remains of a Ukrainian truck mounted canon, destroyed yesterday when Pro-Russian rebels attacked the Ukrainian military killing 6 soldiers and wounding 8 in Dmitrievka, East Ukraine.  Photo: Kate Geraghty
Locals scavenging from the remains of a Ukrainian truck mounted canon, destroyed yesterday when Pro-Russian rebels attacked the Ukrainian military killing 6 soldiers and wounding 8 in Dmitrievka, East Ukraine. Photo: Kate Geraghty

Donetsk, Ukraine: The comparison is crude, but the civil war in Ukraine is going better than are the talks aimed at averting it.

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