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A convoy of self-propelled artillery guns on the move near Donetsk on February 26, 2015. Heavy weapons like these are reported to be concentrating near Mariupol.

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Ukraine’s latest easefire is finally holding, but the US warns that pro-Russian rebels in Ukraine are likely to resume the war in the spring. And in the meantime, Ukraine is suffering from the same economic woes as Russia as oil prices plummet.

U.S. troops arrive at the site of a suicide attack in Maidan Shar, the capital of Wardak province in Afghanistan, on September 8, 2013.

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