A tale of two Ukraines
A statue of Soviet founder Vladimir Lenin looms over a square in Donetsk in the east of Ukraine, a country stuck in limbo between Russia and the European Union.
Ukraine has been convulsed by anti-government protests that have exposed a divide in the nation, with many in the west seeking to join the European mainstream, while others, mainly in the east, look to Moscow as a guarantor of stability.
Snow settles on rooftops in the western Ukranian city of Lviv.
A woman walks past a building adorned with a European Union flag.
Local residents sit on a bus in the western Ukranian city of Lviv.
Doctor Volodymyr Semeniv takes part in a pro-European integration rally in the western Ukranian city.
Customers pose for a picture in a nationalist-themed restaurant in Lviv.
A waiter in traditional dress serves customers in a cafe.
Doctor Volodymyr Semeniv crosses himself during a visit to an Orthodox Church in Lviv.
Semeniv watches television in his flat.
In a photograph taken while he was on holiday, Semeniv stands in front of the Reichstag in Berlin.
Alexander Skozobtsov, from east Ukraine, stands in front of St. Basil's Cathedral in central Moscow, in a photograph taken about five years ago.
Skozobtsov looks through holiday photographs in his home, which is in a suburb of the eastern Ukranian city of Donetsk.
Skozobtsov stands near a statue of Lenin in the suburb.
A woman sells winter accessories at a street stall in the eastern Ukranian city.
A woman walks past a shop offering shoes "at USSR prices" in the suburb of Makeyevka.
Smoke rises over the city of Donetsk.
