Developments in Ukraine and the Crimean Peninsula
![People pass by barricades near the Dnipro Hotel in Kyiv, April 1, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/1e095161-0222-47b3-ba7f-887c32d48fcf_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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People pass by barricades near the Dnipro Hotel in Kyiv, April 1, 2014.
![Self-defense activists pass by the Dnipro Hotel in Kyiv, April 1, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/3176927c-40e7-409c-8906-7257ae1188f7_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Self-defense activists pass by the Dnipro Hotel in Kyiv, April 1, 2014.
![Members of the Ukrainian far-right radical group Right Sector leave their headquarters in Dnipro Hotel as police special forces stand guard, Kyiv, April 1, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/1aaf2de5-b81f-45a9-ab2d-f1ad7f8f3874_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Members of the Ukrainian far-right radical group Right Sector leave their headquarters in Dnipro Hotel as police special forces stand guard, Kyiv, April 1, 2014.
![Commuters walk along railway lines next to Ukrainian tanks ready to depart from Crimea near Simferopol, March 31, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/a77ba55a-2026-4ec8-b64d-df65f51651ff_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Commuters walk along railway lines next to Ukrainian tanks ready to depart from Crimea near Simferopol, March 31, 2014.
![Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev visits Crimea to consider priorities for its economic development, Simferopol, March 31, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/b00b9b63-7c41-438a-b2bb-d4a2ba5a4bbb_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev visits Crimea to consider priorities for its economic development, Simferopol, March 31, 2014.
![People walk through the 'Euromaidan' protest camp in Independence Square, Kyiv, March 31, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/db743d96-248b-48f4-a1a5-90a59978b47c_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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People walk through the 'Euromaidan' protest camp in Independence Square, Kyiv, March 31, 2014.
![Ukrainians, in accordance with Orthodox church tradition of marking the 40th day since death, remember those who lost their lives during pro-Europe protests in Kyiv, March 30, 2014. ](https://gdb.voanews.com/3d165aff-12b4-487d-9596-19055fc40059_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Ukrainians, in accordance with Orthodox church tradition of marking the 40th day since death, remember those who lost their lives during pro-Europe protests in Kyiv, March 30, 2014.
![Ukrainians attend a religious service in Independence Square remembering the deaths of more than 100 pro-Europe protesters, Kyiv, March 30, 2014. ](https://gdb.voanews.com/d4bcfcc5-e3aa-447f-b03e-b2752f19fa9c_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Ukrainians attend a religious service in Independence Square remembering the deaths of more than 100 pro-Europe protesters, Kyiv, March 30, 2014.
![Ukrainian armored vehicles are prepared for loading onto a train at a railway station near Simferopol, Crimea, March 29, 2014. ](https://gdb.voanews.com/042a3616-7858-4d79-ac4b-b7a29664fdf2_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Ukrainian armored vehicles are prepared for loading onto a train at a railway station near Simferopol, Crimea, March 29, 2014.
![Activists of the Right Sector movement and their supporters gather outside the parliament building to demand the immediate resignation of Internal Affairs Minister Arsen Avakov, in Kyiv, March 27, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/a6b19d3d-4933-4c9c-a623-13efc84f8941_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Activists of the Right Sector movement and their supporters gather outside the parliament building to demand the immediate resignation of Internal Affairs Minister Arsen Avakov, in Kyiv, March 27, 2014.