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  • Blooming Spring Flower Bed In A Bavarian Park
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    Blooming Spring Flower Bed In A Bavarian Park
    A man sits alone on a bench surrounded by blooming tulips, lilacs, and lush greenery in a springtime park in Straubing, Bavaria, Germany, on April 26, 2025. (Photo by Michael Nguyen/NurPhoto)

     

  • Bus Station Fuerstenried West In Munich At Night
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    Bus Station Fuerstenried West In Munich At Night
    Individuals sit and stand under artificial lighting at the Fuerstenried West transportation hub, where the bus stop and entrance to the U-Bahn station are located in Munich, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany, on May 2, 2025. The scene reflects a quiet nighttime atmosphere with people waiting on benches or walking past illuminated signs and steel structures. (Photo by Michael Nguyen/NurPhoto)

     

  • Bus Station Fuerstenried West In Munich At Night
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    Bus Station Fuerstenried West In Munich At Night
    A small group of people waits under the illuminated canopy at the Fuerstenried West bus stop in Munich, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany, on May 2, 2025. The scene shows quiet nighttime transit activity with passengers reading timetables, sitting on benches, or standing near signage along the curved platform. (Photo by Michael Nguyen/NurPhoto)

     

  • Bus Station Fuerstenried West In Munich At Night
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    Bus Station Fuerstenried West In Munich At Night
    The Fuerstenried West bus station in Munich, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany, on May 2, 2025, is dimly populated under artificial lighting, with a few individuals waiting along the sheltered seating area. (Photo by Michael Nguyen/NurPhoto)

     

  • Bus Station Fuerstenried West In Munich At Night
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    Bus Station Fuerstenried West In Munich At Night
    Fuerstenried West bus station and taxi stand in Munich, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany, on May 2, 2025, is dimly populated under artificial lighting, with parked taxis and a few individuals waiting along the sheltered seating area. (Photo by Michael Nguyen/NurPhoto)

     

  • Man Walks A Small Dog Along A Cobblestone Street
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    Man Walks A Small Dog Along A Cobblestone Street
    A man walks alone across a quiet cobblestone intersection with no-entry signs in front of a historic monastery and church complex in Straubing, Lower Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany, on April 26, 2025. The background shows traditional architecture with red-framed windows and church towers under a soft midday sky. (Photo by Michael Nguyen/NurPhoto)

     

  • Traveler Inside A Railway Station
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    Traveler Inside A Railway Station
    A man with a backpack walks up the stairs inside a train station in Ulm, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, on August 13, 2022. Reflections on the glossy black walls and columns emphasize the station's modern architectural style. (Photo by Michael Nguyen/NurPhoto)

     

  • Traveler Inside A Railway Station
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    Traveler Inside A Railway Station
    A man carrying a bag walks up a stairwell surrounded by reflective surfaces in Ulm, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, on August 13, 2022. The geometric architecture and mirrored walls create multiple reflections, enhancing the visual complexity of the urban setting. (Photo by Michael Nguyen/NurPhoto)

     

  • Donbas Batallion recruiting EuroMaidan activists as fighters for 'counter-terrorism' in the east, Kiev, Ukraine - 01 Jun 2014
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    Donbas Batallion recruiting EuroMaidan activists as fighters for 'counter-terrorism' in the east, Kiev, Ukraine - 01 Jun 2014
    Mandatory Credit: Photo by Sergii Kharchenko/REX (3785689a)
    Leaders of the 'Donbas Batallion' recruit fighters for the National Guard detachment at the Maidan
    Donbas Batallion recruiting EuroMaidan activists as fighters for 'counter-terrorism' in the east, Kiev, Ukraine - 01 Jun 2014
    Six days after losing five members in an ambush sprung by a force of Russian-backed separatists, the Donbas Battalion, a quasi-military group consisting mostly of pro-Ukraine Donetsk and Luhansk oblast civilians is forming into a National Guard special-purpose battalion to officially join the government?s counter-terrorism operation, the Interior Ministry announced after reaching an agreement with its leader Semyon Semenchenko.
    The unit will comprise of 120-150 men, the usual size of a rota, or a troop company. They will undergo training at the National Guard training base in Novi Petrivtsi, a village 10 kilometers north of Kyiv. Their task will be to ?conduct anti-subversive and anti-terrorist? activities in Donetsk and Luhansk Oblasts, the Interior Ministry stated. This will include guarding the Ukrainian-Russian border to prevent ?organized groups of terrorists from breaking through from the Russian Federation,? it added.
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  • Donbas Batallion recruiting EuroMaidan activists as fighters for 'counter-terrorism' in the east, Kiev, Ukraine - 01 Jun 2014
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    Donbas Batallion recruiting EuroMaidan activists as fighters for 'counter-terrorism' in the east, Kiev, Ukraine - 01 Jun 2014
    Mandatory Credit: Photo by Sergii Kharchenko/REX (3785689c)
    Leaders of the 'Donbas Batallion' recruit fighters for the National Guard detachment at the Maidan
    Donbas Batallion recruiting EuroMaidan activists as fighters for 'counter-terrorism' in the east, Kiev, Ukraine - 01 Jun 2014
    Six days after losing five members in an ambush sprung by a force of Russian-backed separatists, the Donbas Battalion, a quasi-military group consisting mostly of pro-Ukraine Donetsk and Luhansk oblast civilians is forming into a National Guard special-purpose battalion to officially join the government?s counter-terrorism operation, the Interior Ministry announced after reaching an agreement with its leader Semyon Semenchenko.
    The unit will comprise of 120-150 men, the usual size of a rota, or a troop company. They will undergo training at the National Guard training base in Novi Petrivtsi, a village 10 kilometers north of Kyiv. Their task will be to ?conduct anti-subversive and anti-terrorist? activities in Donetsk and Luhansk Oblasts, the Interior Ministry stated. This will include guarding the Ukrainian-Russian border to prevent ?organized groups of terrorists from breaking through from the Russian Federation,? it added.
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  • Donbas Batallion recruiting EuroMaidan activists as fighters for 'counter-terrorism' in the east, Kiev, Ukraine - 01 Jun 2014
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    Donbas Batallion recruiting EuroMaidan activists as fighters for 'counter-terrorism' in the east, Kiev, Ukraine - 01 Jun 2014
    Mandatory Credit: Photo by Sergii Kharchenko/REX (3785689d)
    Leaders of the 'Donbas Batallion' recruit fighters for the National Guard detachment at the Maidan
    Donbas Batallion recruiting EuroMaidan activists as fighters for 'counter-terrorism' in the east, Kiev, Ukraine - 01 Jun 2014
    Six days after losing five members in an ambush sprung by a force of Russian-backed separatists, the Donbas Battalion, a quasi-military group consisting mostly of pro-Ukraine Donetsk and Luhansk oblast civilians is forming into a National Guard special-purpose battalion to officially join the government?s counter-terrorism operation, the Interior Ministry announced after reaching an agreement with its leader Semyon Semenchenko.
    The unit will comprise of 120-150 men, the usual size of a rota, or a troop company. They will undergo training at the National Guard training base in Novi Petrivtsi, a village 10 kilometers north of Kyiv. Their task will be to ?conduct anti-subversive and anti-terrorist? activities in Donetsk and Luhansk Oblasts, the Interior Ministry stated. This will include guarding the Ukrainian-Russian border to prevent ?organized groups of terrorists from breaking through from the Russian Federation,? it added.
    (FOTO:DUKAS/REX)

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  • Donbas Batallion recruiting EuroMaidan activists as fighters for 'counter-terrorism' in the east, Kiev, Ukraine - 01 Jun 2014
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    Donbas Batallion recruiting EuroMaidan activists as fighters for 'counter-terrorism' in the east, Kiev, Ukraine - 01 Jun 2014
    Mandatory Credit: Photo by Sergii Kharchenko/REX (3785689e)
    Leaders of the 'Donbas Batallion' recruit fighters for the National Guard detachment at the Maidan
    Donbas Batallion recruiting EuroMaidan activists as fighters for 'counter-terrorism' in the east, Kiev, Ukraine - 01 Jun 2014
    Six days after losing five members in an ambush sprung by a force of Russian-backed separatists, the Donbas Battalion, a quasi-military group consisting mostly of pro-Ukraine Donetsk and Luhansk oblast civilians is forming into a National Guard special-purpose battalion to officially join the government?s counter-terrorism operation, the Interior Ministry announced after reaching an agreement with its leader Semyon Semenchenko.
    The unit will comprise of 120-150 men, the usual size of a rota, or a troop company. They will undergo training at the National Guard training base in Novi Petrivtsi, a village 10 kilometers north of Kyiv. Their task will be to ?conduct anti-subversive and anti-terrorist? activities in Donetsk and Luhansk Oblasts, the Interior Ministry stated. This will include guarding the Ukrainian-Russian border to prevent ?organized groups of terrorists from breaking through from the Russian Federation,? it added.
    (FOTO:DUKAS/REX)

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  • Donbas Batallion recruiting EuroMaidan activists as fighters for 'counter-terrorism' in the east, Kiev, Ukraine - 01 Jun 2014
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    Donbas Batallion recruiting EuroMaidan activists as fighters for 'counter-terrorism' in the east, Kiev, Ukraine - 01 Jun 2014
    Mandatory Credit: Photo by Sergii Kharchenko/REX (3785689f)
    Leaders of the 'Donbas Batallion' recruit fighters for the National Guard detachment at the Maidan
    Donbas Batallion recruiting EuroMaidan activists as fighters for 'counter-terrorism' in the east, Kiev, Ukraine - 01 Jun 2014
    Six days after losing five members in an ambush sprung by a force of Russian-backed separatists, the Donbas Battalion, a quasi-military group consisting mostly of pro-Ukraine Donetsk and Luhansk oblast civilians is forming into a National Guard special-purpose battalion to officially join the government?s counter-terrorism operation, the Interior Ministry announced after reaching an agreement with its leader Semyon Semenchenko.
    The unit will comprise of 120-150 men, the usual size of a rota, or a troop company. They will undergo training at the National Guard training base in Novi Petrivtsi, a village 10 kilometers north of Kyiv. Their task will be to ?conduct anti-subversive and anti-terrorist? activities in Donetsk and Luhansk Oblasts, the Interior Ministry stated. This will include guarding the Ukrainian-Russian border to prevent ?organized groups of terrorists from breaking through from the Russian Federation,? it added.
    (FOTO:DUKAS/REX)

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  • Donbas Batallion recruiting EuroMaidan activists as fighters for 'counter-terrorism' in the east, Kiev, Ukraine - 01 Jun 2014
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    Donbas Batallion recruiting EuroMaidan activists as fighters for 'counter-terrorism' in the east, Kiev, Ukraine - 01 Jun 2014
    Mandatory Credit: Photo by Sergii Kharchenko/REX (3785689g)
    Leaders of the 'Donbas Batallion' recruit fighters for the National Guard detachment at the Maidan
    Donbas Batallion recruiting EuroMaidan activists as fighters for 'counter-terrorism' in the east, Kiev, Ukraine - 01 Jun 2014
    Six days after losing five members in an ambush sprung by a force of Russian-backed separatists, the Donbas Battalion, a quasi-military group consisting mostly of pro-Ukraine Donetsk and Luhansk oblast civilians is forming into a National Guard special-purpose battalion to officially join the government?s counter-terrorism operation, the Interior Ministry announced after reaching an agreement with its leader Semyon Semenchenko.
    The unit will comprise of 120-150 men, the usual size of a rota, or a troop company. They will undergo training at the National Guard training base in Novi Petrivtsi, a village 10 kilometers north of Kyiv. Their task will be to ?conduct anti-subversive and anti-terrorist? activities in Donetsk and Luhansk Oblasts, the Interior Ministry stated. This will include guarding the Ukrainian-Russian border to prevent ?organized groups of terrorists from breaking through from the Russian Federation,? it added.
    (FOTO:DUKAS/REX)

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  • Donbas Batallion recruiting EuroMaidan activists as fighters for 'counter-terrorism' in the east, Kiev, Ukraine - 01 Jun 2014
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    Donbas Batallion recruiting EuroMaidan activists as fighters for 'counter-terrorism' in the east, Kiev, Ukraine - 01 Jun 2014
    Mandatory Credit: Photo by Sergii Kharchenko/REX (3785689i)
    Leaders of the 'Donbas Batallion' recruit fighters for the National Guard detachment at the Maidan
    Donbas Batallion recruiting EuroMaidan activists as fighters for 'counter-terrorism' in the east, Kiev, Ukraine - 01 Jun 2014
    Six days after losing five members in an ambush sprung by a force of Russian-backed separatists, the Donbas Battalion, a quasi-military group consisting mostly of pro-Ukraine Donetsk and Luhansk oblast civilians is forming into a National Guard special-purpose battalion to officially join the government?s counter-terrorism operation, the Interior Ministry announced after reaching an agreement with its leader Semyon Semenchenko.
    The unit will comprise of 120-150 men, the usual size of a rota, or a troop company. They will undergo training at the National Guard training base in Novi Petrivtsi, a village 10 kilometers north of Kyiv. Their task will be to ?conduct anti-subversive and anti-terrorist? activities in Donetsk and Luhansk Oblasts, the Interior Ministry stated. This will include guarding the Ukrainian-Russian border to prevent ?organized groups of terrorists from breaking through from the Russian Federation,? it added.
    (FOTO:DUKAS/REX)

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  • Donbas Batallion recruiting EuroMaidan activists as fighters for 'counter-terrorism' in the east, Kiev, Ukraine - 01 Jun 2014
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    Donbas Batallion recruiting EuroMaidan activists as fighters for 'counter-terrorism' in the east, Kiev, Ukraine - 01 Jun 2014
    Mandatory Credit: Photo by Sergii Kharchenko/REX (3785689h)
    Leaders of the 'Donbas Batallion' recruit fighters for the National Guard detachment at the Maidan
    Donbas Batallion recruiting EuroMaidan activists as fighters for 'counter-terrorism' in the east, Kiev, Ukraine - 01 Jun 2014
    Six days after losing five members in an ambush sprung by a force of Russian-backed separatists, the Donbas Battalion, a quasi-military group consisting mostly of pro-Ukraine Donetsk and Luhansk oblast civilians is forming into a National Guard special-purpose battalion to officially join the government?s counter-terrorism operation, the Interior Ministry announced after reaching an agreement with its leader Semyon Semenchenko.
    The unit will comprise of 120-150 men, the usual size of a rota, or a troop company. They will undergo training at the National Guard training base in Novi Petrivtsi, a village 10 kilometers north of Kyiv. Their task will be to ?conduct anti-subversive and anti-terrorist? activities in Donetsk and Luhansk Oblasts, the Interior Ministry stated. This will include guarding the Ukrainian-Russian border to prevent ?organized groups of terrorists from breaking through from the Russian Federation,? it added.
    (FOTO:DUKAS/REX)

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  • Donbas Batallion recruiting EuroMaidan activists as fighters for 'counter-terrorism' in the east, Kiev, Ukraine - 01 Jun 2014
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    Donbas Batallion recruiting EuroMaidan activists as fighters for 'counter-terrorism' in the east, Kiev, Ukraine - 01 Jun 2014
    Mandatory Credit: Photo by Sergii Kharchenko/REX (3785689j)
    Leaders of the 'Donbas Batallion' recruit fighters for the National Guard detachment at the Maidan
    Donbas Batallion recruiting EuroMaidan activists as fighters for 'counter-terrorism' in the east, Kiev, Ukraine - 01 Jun 2014
    Six days after losing five members in an ambush sprung by a force of Russian-backed separatists, the Donbas Battalion, a quasi-military group consisting mostly of pro-Ukraine Donetsk and Luhansk oblast civilians is forming into a National Guard special-purpose battalion to officially join the government?s counter-terrorism operation, the Interior Ministry announced after reaching an agreement with its leader Semyon Semenchenko.
    The unit will comprise of 120-150 men, the usual size of a rota, or a troop company. They will undergo training at the National Guard training base in Novi Petrivtsi, a village 10 kilometers north of Kyiv. Their task will be to ?conduct anti-subversive and anti-terrorist? activities in Donetsk and Luhansk Oblasts, the Interior Ministry stated. This will include guarding the Ukrainian-Russian border to prevent ?organized groups of terrorists from breaking through from the Russian Federation,? it added.
    (FOTO:DUKAS/REX)

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  • Donbas Batallion recruiting EuroMaidan activists as fighters for 'counter-terrorism' in the east, Kiev, Ukraine - 01 Jun 2014
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    Donbas Batallion recruiting EuroMaidan activists as fighters for 'counter-terrorism' in the east, Kiev, Ukraine - 01 Jun 2014
    Mandatory Credit: Photo by Sergii Kharchenko/REX (3785689k)
    Leaders of the 'Donbas Batallion' recruit fighters for the National Guard detachment at the Maidan
    Donbas Batallion recruiting EuroMaidan activists as fighters for 'counter-terrorism' in the east, Kiev, Ukraine - 01 Jun 2014
    Six days after losing five members in an ambush sprung by a force of Russian-backed separatists, the Donbas Battalion, a quasi-military group consisting mostly of pro-Ukraine Donetsk and Luhansk oblast civilians is forming into a National Guard special-purpose battalion to officially join the government?s counter-terrorism operation, the Interior Ministry announced after reaching an agreement with its leader Semyon Semenchenko.
    The unit will comprise of 120-150 men, the usual size of a rota, or a troop company. They will undergo training at the National Guard training base in Novi Petrivtsi, a village 10 kilometers north of Kyiv. Their task will be to ?conduct anti-subversive and anti-terrorist? activities in Donetsk and Luhansk Oblasts, the Interior Ministry stated. This will include guarding the Ukrainian-Russian border to prevent ?organized groups of terrorists from breaking through from the Russian Federation,? it added.
    (FOTO:DUKAS/REX)

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  • Donbas Batallion recruiting EuroMaidan activists as fighters for 'counter-terrorism' in the east, Kiev, Ukraine - 01 Jun 2014
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    Donbas Batallion recruiting EuroMaidan activists as fighters for 'counter-terrorism' in the east, Kiev, Ukraine - 01 Jun 2014
    Mandatory Credit: Photo by Sergii Kharchenko/REX (3785689l)
    Leaders of the 'Donbas Batallion' recruit fighters for the National Guard detachment at the Maidan
    Donbas Batallion recruiting EuroMaidan activists as fighters for 'counter-terrorism' in the east, Kiev, Ukraine - 01 Jun 2014
    Six days after losing five members in an ambush sprung by a force of Russian-backed separatists, the Donbas Battalion, a quasi-military group consisting mostly of pro-Ukraine Donetsk and Luhansk oblast civilians is forming into a National Guard special-purpose battalion to officially join the government?s counter-terrorism operation, the Interior Ministry announced after reaching an agreement with its leader Semyon Semenchenko.
    The unit will comprise of 120-150 men, the usual size of a rota, or a troop company. They will undergo training at the National Guard training base in Novi Petrivtsi, a village 10 kilometers north of Kyiv. Their task will be to ?conduct anti-subversive and anti-terrorist? activities in Donetsk and Luhansk Oblasts, the Interior Ministry stated. This will include guarding the Ukrainian-Russian border to prevent ?organized groups of terrorists from breaking through from the Russian Federation,? it added.
    (FOTO:DUKAS/REX)

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  • Donbas Batallion recruiting EuroMaidan activists as fighters for 'counter-terrorism' in the east, Kiev, Ukraine - 01 Jun 2014
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    Donbas Batallion recruiting EuroMaidan activists as fighters for 'counter-terrorism' in the east, Kiev, Ukraine - 01 Jun 2014
    Mandatory Credit: Photo by Sergii Kharchenko/REX (3785689m)
    Leaders of the 'Donbas Batallion' recruit fighters for the National Guard detachment at the Maidan
    Donbas Batallion recruiting EuroMaidan activists as fighters for 'counter-terrorism' in the east, Kiev, Ukraine - 01 Jun 2014
    Six days after losing five members in an ambush sprung by a force of Russian-backed separatists, the Donbas Battalion, a quasi-military group consisting mostly of pro-Ukraine Donetsk and Luhansk oblast civilians is forming into a National Guard special-purpose battalion to officially join the government?s counter-terrorism operation, the Interior Ministry announced after reaching an agreement with its leader Semyon Semenchenko.
    The unit will comprise of 120-150 men, the usual size of a rota, or a troop company. They will undergo training at the National Guard training base in Novi Petrivtsi, a village 10 kilometers north of Kyiv. Their task will be to ?conduct anti-subversive and anti-terrorist? activities in Donetsk and Luhansk Oblasts, the Interior Ministry stated. This will include guarding the Ukrainian-Russian border to prevent ?organized groups of terrorists from breaking through from the Russian Federation,? it added.
    (FOTO:DUKAS/REX)

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  • Donbas Batallion recruiting EuroMaidan activists as fighters for 'counter-terrorism' in the east, Kiev, Ukraine - 01 Jun 2014
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    Donbas Batallion recruiting EuroMaidan activists as fighters for 'counter-terrorism' in the east, Kiev, Ukraine - 01 Jun 2014
    Mandatory Credit: Photo by Sergii Kharchenko/REX (3785689n)
    Leaders of the 'Donbas Batallion' recruit fighters for the National Guard detachment at the Maidan
    Donbas Batallion recruiting EuroMaidan activists as fighters for 'counter-terrorism' in the east, Kiev, Ukraine - 01 Jun 2014
    Six days after losing five members in an ambush sprung by a force of Russian-backed separatists, the Donbas Battalion, a quasi-military group consisting mostly of pro-Ukraine Donetsk and Luhansk oblast civilians is forming into a National Guard special-purpose battalion to officially join the government?s counter-terrorism operation, the Interior Ministry announced after reaching an agreement with its leader Semyon Semenchenko.
    The unit will comprise of 120-150 men, the usual size of a rota, or a troop company. They will undergo training at the National Guard training base in Novi Petrivtsi, a village 10 kilometers north of Kyiv. Their task will be to ?conduct anti-subversive and anti-terrorist? activities in Donetsk and Luhansk Oblasts, the Interior Ministry stated. This will include guarding the Ukrainian-Russian border to prevent ?organized groups of terrorists from breaking through from the Russian Federation,? it added.
    (FOTO:DUKAS/REX)

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  • A VBSS team from the guided-missile cruiser USS Gettysburg and U.S. Coast Guard Tactical Law Enforcement Team approach a suspected pirate mothership, Gulf of Aden - 13 May 2009
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    A VBSS team from the guided-missile cruiser USS Gettysburg and U.S. Coast Guard Tactical Law Enforcement Team approach a suspected pirate mothership, Gulf of Aden - 13 May 2009
    Mandatory Credit: Photo by Rex Features ( 923975c )
    Members of a visit, board, search and seizure (VBSS) team from the guided-missile cruiser USS Gettysburg (CG 64) and U.S. Coast Guard Tactical Law Enforcement Team South Detachment 409 approach a suspected pirate mothership
    A VBSS team from the guided-missile cruiser USS Gettysburg and U.S. Coast Guard Tactical Law Enforcement Team approach a suspected pirate mothership, Gulf of Aden - 13 May 2009
    Members of a visit, board, search and seizure (VBSS) team from the guided-missile cruiser USS Gettysburg (CG 64) and U.S. Coast Guard Tactical Law Enforcement Team South Detachment 409 approach a suspected pirate mothership after responding to a merchant vessel distress signal while operating in the Combined Maritime Forces (CMF) area of responsibility as part of Combined Task Force (CTF) 151. CTF 151 is a multinational task force established to conduct counter-piracy operations under a mission-based mandate throughout the CMF area of responsibility to actively deter, disrupt and suppress piracy in order to protect global maritime security and secure freedom of navigation for the benefit of all nations.
    (FOTO:DUKAS/REX)

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  • A VBSS team from the guided-missile cruiser USS Gettysburg and U.S. Coast Guard Tactical Law Enforcement Team approach a suspected pirate mothership, Gulf of Aden - 13 May 2009
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    A VBSS team from the guided-missile cruiser USS Gettysburg and U.S. Coast Guard Tactical Law Enforcement Team approach a suspected pirate mothership, Gulf of Aden - 13 May 2009
    Mandatory Credit: Photo by Rex Features ( 923975b )
    Members of a visit, board, search and seizure (VBSS) team from the guided-missile cruiser USS Gettysburg (CG 64) and U.S. Coast Guard Tactical Law Enforcement Team South Detachment 409 approach a suspected pirate mothership
    A VBSS team from the guided-missile cruiser USS Gettysburg and U.S. Coast Guard Tactical Law Enforcement Team approach a suspected pirate mothership, Gulf of Aden - 13 May 2009
    Members of a visit, board, search and seizure (VBSS) team from the guided-missile cruiser USS Gettysburg (CG 64) and U.S. Coast Guard Tactical Law Enforcement Team South Detachment 409 approach a suspected pirate mothership after responding to a merchant vessel distress signal while operating in the Combined Maritime Forces (CMF) area of responsibility as part of Combined Task Force (CTF) 151. CTF 151 is a multinational task force established to conduct counter-piracy operations under a mission-based mandate throughout the CMF area of responsibility to actively deter, disrupt and suppress piracy in order to protect global maritime security and secure freedom of navigation for the benefit of all nations.
    (FOTO:DUKAS/REX)

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  • A VBSS team from the guided-missile cruiser USS Gettysburg and U.S. Coast Guard Tactical Law Enforcement Team approach a suspected pirate mothership, Gulf of Aden - 13 May 2009
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    A VBSS team from the guided-missile cruiser USS Gettysburg and U.S. Coast Guard Tactical Law Enforcement Team approach a suspected pirate mothership, Gulf of Aden - 13 May 2009
    Mandatory Credit: Photo by Rex Features ( 923975a )
    Members of a visit, board, search and seizure (VBSS) team from the guided-missile cruiser USS Gettysburg (CG 64) and U.S. Coast Guard Tactical Law Enforcement Team South Detachment 409 approach a suspected pirate mothership
    A VBSS team from the guided-missile cruiser USS Gettysburg and U.S. Coast Guard Tactical Law Enforcement Team approach a suspected pirate mothership, Gulf of Aden - 13 May 2009
    Members of a visit, board, search and seizure (VBSS) team from the guided-missile cruiser USS Gettysburg (CG 64) and U.S. Coast Guard Tactical Law Enforcement Team South Detachment 409 approach a suspected pirate mothership after responding to a merchant vessel distress signal while operating in the Combined Maritime Forces (CMF) area of responsibility as part of Combined Task Force (CTF) 151. CTF 151 is a multinational task force established to conduct counter-piracy operations under a mission-based mandate throughout the CMF area of responsibility to actively deter, disrupt and suppress piracy in order to protect global maritime security and secure freedom of navigation for the benefit of all nations.
    (FOTO:DUKAS/REX)

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