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Russian President Vladimir Putin signs mutual aid agreements with the leaders of the self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic and Donetsk People's Republic in Moscow as he recognises the separatist regions of Ukraine as independent. IMAGES
Aerial footage released by a pro-Ukraine militia shows an alleged drone attack on a Russian armoured military vehicle in a village on the Kursk border region. Additional images published by another volunteer group also claim to show a gun battle on the border. IMAGES
Protesters mock presidential candidates during a protest themed 'Down with the fifth column of Ukrainian policy' in the centre of Kiev, displaying cardboard cutouts of persons whom the protesters call "pro-Russian candidates" ahead of the presidential election on March 31. IMAGES of cardboard cutouts of Ukrainian presidential candidates
Ukrainian and Russian-backed rebels swap hundreds of prisoners in the war-torn East of the country, one of the largest such exchanges since the outbreak of an insurgency almost four years ago. IMAGES
Russian-backed separatist rebels paraded Ukrainian prisoners of war in the eastern city of Donetsk, accusing them of staging a deadly shelling attack on a trolley bus.