A member of the election commission carries a mobile ballot box in the village of Kosmach in the Ivano-Frankivsk region of western Ukraine May 25, 2014. Ukrainians voted on Sunday for a leader they hope will save their country from bankruptcy, dismemberment and civil war, but eastern cities were turned into ghost towns where armed separatist fighters kept polling stations shut. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel (UKRAINE - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS)

A man casts his vote in a mobile ballot box in the village of Kosmach in the Ivano-Frankivsk region of western Ukraine May 25, 2014. Ukrainians voted on Sunday for a leader they hope will save their country from bankruptcy, dismemberment and civil war, but eastern cities were turned into ghost towns where armed separatist fighters kept polling stations shut. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel (UKRAINE - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS)

Officials and media gather in front of the abandoned Potassium Plant in the city of Kalush in Ivano-Frankivsk region, September 27, 2010. One of the biggest plants in Soviet times, which specialized in potassium salt mining, polluted Kalush area which was finally declared an ecological emergency zone. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich (UKRAINE - Tags: ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY MEDIA)

A view shows a quarry, containing potassium mortar pollutant, produced by the abandoned Potassium Plant in the city of Kalush in Ivano-Frankivsk region, September 27, 2010. One of the biggest plants in Soviet times, which specialized in potassium salt mining, polluted Kalush area which was finally declared an ecological emergency zone. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich (UKRAINE - Tags: ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY)

A view shows a quarry, containing potassium mortar pollutant, produced by the abandoned Potassium Plant in the city of Kalush in Ivano-Frankivsk region, September 27, 2010. One of the biggest plants in Soviet times, which specialized in potassium salt mining, polluted Kalush area which was finally declared an ecological emergency zone. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich (UKRAINE - Tags: ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY)

An official stands near a quarry, containing potassium mortar pollutant, produced by the abandoned Potassium Plant in the city of Kalush in Ivano-Frankivsk region, September 27, 2010. One of the biggest plants in Soviet times, which specialized in potassium salt mining, polluted Kalush area which was finally declared an ecological emergency zone. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich (UKRAINE - Tags: ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY)

Specialists walk, before gathering hexachlorobenzene toxic pollutant for its further removal and utilization, at a refuse dump outside the city of Kalush in Ivano-Frankivsk region, September 27, 2010. About 11,4 thousand tonnes of waste will be removed from the territory, which was declared an ecological emergency zone, and disposed outside the country, local media reported. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich (UKRAINE - Tags: ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY)

Specialists line up, before gathering hexachlorobenzene toxic pollutant for its further removal and utilization, at a refuse dump outside the city of Kalush in Ivano-Frankivsk region, September 27, 2010. About 11,4 thousand tonnes of waste will be removed from the territory, which was declared an ecological emergency zone, and disposed outside the country, local media reported. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich (UKRAINE - Tags: ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY)

Specialists stand, before gathering hexachlorobenzene toxic pollutant for its further removal and utilization, at a refuse dump outside the city of Kalush in Ivano-Frankivsk region, September 27, 2010. About 11,4 thousand tonnes of waste will be removed from the territory, which was declared an ecological emergency zone, and disposed outside the country, local media reported. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich (UKRAINE - Tags: ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY)

Specialists line up, before gathering hexachlorobenzene toxic pollutant for its further removal and utilization, at a refuse dump outside the city of Kalush in Ivano-Frankivsk region, September 27, 2010. About 11,4 thousand tonnes of waste will be removed from the territory, which was declared an ecological emergency zone, and disposed outside the country, local media reported. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich (UKRAINE - Tags: ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY)

Ukraine's Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko wears a protective mask as she visits a hospital in Ivano-Frankivsk November 3, 2009. Ukraine closed schools and banned public meetings including election rallies and restricted travel on Friday for a three-week period after confirming its first death from H1N1 flu. REUTERS/Alexander Prokopenko/Pool (UKRAINE POLITICS HEALTH IMAGES OF THE DAY)

Ukraine's Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko wears a protective mask as she visits a hospital in Ivano-Frankivsk November 3, 2009. Ukraine closed schools and banned public meetings including election rallies and restricted travel on Friday for a three-week period after confirming its first death from H1N1 flu. REUTERS/Alexander Prokopenko/Pool (UKRAINE POLITICS HEALTH)

Ukraine's Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko wears a protective mask as she visits a hospital in Ivano-Frankivsk November 3, 2009. Ukraine closed schools and banned public meetings including election rallies and restricted travel on Friday for a three-week period after confirming its first death from H1N1 flu. REUTERS/Alexander Prokopenko/Pool (UKRAINE POLITICS HEALTH)

Ukraine's President Viktor Yushchenko makes a statement on Russian gas supplies in Ivano-Frankivsk, western Ukraine January 1, 2009. Russia cut off the gas to its neighbour Ukraine on Thursday after a contract dispute but increased supplies to other European states in an attempt to reassure customers who are concerned about possible disruptions. REUTERS/Mykola Lazarenko/Pool (UKRAINE)

Ukraine's President Viktor Yushchenko makes a statement on Russian gas supplies in Ivano-Frankivsk, western Ukraine January 1, 2009. Russia cut off the gas to its neighbour Ukraine on Thursday after a contract dispute but increased supplies to other European states in an attempt to reassure customers who are concerned about possible disruptions. REUTERS/Mykola Lazarenko/Pool (UKRAINE)

A man sits beside a flooded road in a settlement near the city of Galych in the Ivano-Frankivsk region July 27, 2008. Floods described by a senior government official as the worst in a century have killed 13 people in western Ukraine and four in neighbouring Romania, officials said on Sunday. Picture taken July 27, 2008. REUTERS/Mykhailo Markiv/Pool (UKRAINE)

People walk on a flooded road in a settlement near the city of Galych in the Ivano-Frankivsk region July 27, 2008. Floods described by a senior government official as the worst in a century have killed 13 people in western Ukraine and four in neighbouring Romania, officials said on Sunday. Picture taken July 27, 2008. REUTERS/Mykhailo Markiv/Pool (UKRAINE)

A street sign stands in a flooded road at a settlement near the city of Galych in the Ivano-Frankivsk region July 27, 2008. Floods described by a senior government official as the worst in a century have killed 13 people in western Ukraine and four in neighbouring Romania, officials said on Sunday. Picture taken July 27, 2008. REUTERS/Mykhailo Markiv/Pool (UKRAINE)

People swim in a boat in a settlement affected by flood in the Ivano-Frankivsk region July 27, 2008. Floods described by a senior government official as the worst in a century have killed 13 people in western Ukraine and four in neighbouring Romania, officials said on Sunday. REUTERS/Mykhailo Markiv/Pool (UKRAINE)

A man rides a bike on a flooded street in a in the Ivano-Frankivsk region July 27, 2008. Floods described by a senior government official as the worst in a century have killed 13 people in western Ukraine and four in neighbouring Romania, officials said on Sunday. REUTERS/Mykhailo Markiv/Pool (UKRAINE)

People take a boat in a settlement affected by floods in the Ivano-Frankivsk region July 27, 2008. Floods described by a senior government official as the worst in a century have killed 13 people in western Ukraine and four in neighbouring Romania, officials said on Sunday. REUTERS/Mykhailo Markiv/Pool (UKRAINE)

Ukraine's President Viktor Yushchenko (2nd L) visits a settlement affected by floods in the Ivano-Frankivsk region July 27, 2008. Floods described by a senior government official as the worst in a century have killed 13 people in western Ukraine and four in neighbouring Romania, officials said on Sunday. REUTERS/Mykhailo Markiv/Pool (UKRAINE)

Ukraine's President Viktor Yushchenko visits a settlement affected by floods in the Ivano-Frankivsk region July 27, 2008. Floods described by a senior government official as the worst in a century have killed 13 people in western Ukraine and four in neighbouring Romania, officials said on Sunday. REUTERS/Mykhailo Markiv/Pool (UKRAINE)

Ukraine's President Viktor Yushchenko (3rd L) visits a settlement affected by floods in the Ivano-Frankivsk region July 27, 2008. Floods described by a senior government official as the worst in a century have killed 13 people in western Ukraine and four in neighbouring Romania, officials said on Sunday. REUTERS/Mykhailo Markiv/Pool (UKRAINE)

VISITING POLISH PRESIDENT KWASNIEWSKI KISSES TRADITIONAL BREAD
PRESENTED BY UKRAINIAN GIRLS IN FOLK COSTUMES.


Polish President Aleksander Kwasniewski (R) kisses the traditional
welcoming bread presented to him by Ukrainian girls in folk costumes
during a ceremony in Ivano-Frankivsk airport in western Ukraine, April
27, 2002. Kwasniewski arrived in Ivano-Frankivsk on Saturday for a
one-day working visit to meet with Ukraine's leader Leonid Kuchma and
discuss cooperation between their countries. REUTERS/Pool REUTERS

Ukrainian children in folk costumes stand with Ukrainian President
Leonid Kuchma (L) and his Polish counterpart Aleksander Kwasniewski
after Kwasniewski's arrival in Ivano-Frankivsk in Western Ukraine,
April 27, 2002. The two state leaders arrived in Ivano-Frankivsk on
Saturday for a one-day working visit for talks on bilateral
cooperation. REUTERS/Pool

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Young Ukrainians hold posters with crossed Nazi swastika and the
inscription "Stop" as they protest in Kiev, March 27, 2002. About five
hundred demonstrators gathered in central Kiev to protest against the
Ivano-Frankivsk city council's decision to rehabilitate former
Ukrainian soldiers of the SS Galychyna division who fought together
with Nazi Germany against the Soviet Army in WWII. REUTERS/Gleb
Garanich

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