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Ukrainian troops escort a motorcycle rider after stopping him at a checkpoint as residents of the Ukrainian city of Debaltseve in the Donetsk region return to the city now under the control of Ukrainian forces on September 9, 2014. Russia expressed hope that talks between Kiev and rebel leaders on the status of eastern Ukraine would start shortly. Kiev and separatist representatives inked a 12-point plan in Minsk mapping out a roadmap to resolving five months of brutal conflict but the truce has already been shaken by sporadic shelling on the ground. AFP PHOTO/ ANATOLII STEPANOV (Photo by ANATOLII STEPANOV / AFP) (Photo by ANATOLII STEPANOV/AFP via Getty Images)