Reuters: Russian soldiers quit over Ukraine

A pro-Russian separatist of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic sits atop a self-propelled gun during the Victory Day parade in Donetsk on May 9, 2015. Tanks and rocket systems rolled through the rebel bastion of Donetsk in east Ukraine on May 9 as pro-Russian insurgents celebrated the 70th anniversary of the Soviet win over Nazi Germany in WWII. Imitating a vast military parade being held simultaneously in Moscow, some 1,500 separatist fighters marched through the rebel-held city clutching red Soviet flags and portraits of Stalin. AFP PHOTO / ALEKSEY FILIPPOV

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