Ukrainian government forces battled separatists with artillery and automatic weapons on June 4 as fighting raged for a second straight day in and around the eastern town of Slovyansk, forcing many frightened residents to flee and stay in temporary accomodation in various cities in eastern Ukraine -- in the towns of Nyzhnya Krynka, Ilovaysk, and Makiyivka.
Residents Leaving Slovyansk
![A mother and child who have fled from fighting in Slovyansk stand in their temporary accommodation in the eastern town of Nyzhnya Krynka on June 4.](https://gdb.rferl.org/b866de50-6fd1-471a-bed8-a71ce026ff6d_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A mother and child who have fled from fighting in Slovyansk stand in their temporary accommodation in the eastern town of Nyzhnya Krynka on June 4.
![A family settles in their temporary accommodation in the town of Nyzhnya Krynka in eastern Ukraine.](https://gdb.rferl.org/046c439c-c8c5-4cef-a188-edf84689d455_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A family settles in their temporary accommodation in the town of Nyzhnya Krynka in eastern Ukraine.
![A child puts on an Orthodox cross in temporary accommodation in the town of Nyzhnya Krynka.](https://gdb.rferl.org/d53027b4-5304-49bb-b009-017989e7a3ac_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A child puts on an Orthodox cross in temporary accommodation in the town of Nyzhnya Krynka.
![Anya Savchenko (right), Sergei Smirnov, and their 9-month-old baby, who have fled fighting in Slovyansk, stand in their temporary accomodation in the town of Nyzhnya Krynka.](https://gdb.rferl.org/17c9c06b-1d26-48b7-ae5e-59d0ca802309_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Anya Savchenko (right), Sergei Smirnov, and their 9-month-old baby, who have fled fighting in Slovyansk, stand in their temporary accomodation in the town of Nyzhnya Krynka.
![Children of families who have fled from fighting in Slovyansk play together at a temporary accommodation in the town of Nyzhnya Krynka in eastern Ukraine on June 3.](https://gdb.rferl.org/3b8c60e3-02d8-4437-a16b-79c20e47ee75_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Children of families who have fled from fighting in Slovyansk play together at a temporary accommodation in the town of Nyzhnya Krynka in eastern Ukraine on June 3.
![A child from a family who has fled from fighting in Slovyansk is seen in a mirror at temporary accommodation in a dormitory in the town of Ilovaysk on June 3.](https://gdb.rferl.org/b315dcf4-60bf-48f9-abbd-6be313f6852b_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A child from a family who has fled from fighting in Slovyansk is seen in a mirror at temporary accommodation in a dormitory in the town of Ilovaysk on June 3.
![Children of families who have fled from fighting in Slovyansk play with toys at temporary accommodation in a dormitory in the eastern town of Ilovaysk on June 3.](https://gdb.rferl.org/1aa74b7a-910d-451d-a7c8-682f57438408_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Children of families who have fled from fighting in Slovyansk play with toys at temporary accommodation in a dormitory in the eastern town of Ilovaysk on June 3.
![Children of families who have fled from fighting in Slovyansk play with toys at temporary accommodation in a dormitory in the town of Ilovaysk on June 3.](https://gdb.rferl.org/6f292b44-e8e7-465c-b03b-4ab671516958_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Children of families who have fled from fighting in Slovyansk play with toys at temporary accommodation in a dormitory in the town of Ilovaysk on June 3.
![Families who have fled fighting in Slovyansk eat at the canteen of the Makiyivsky Coke and Chemical Plant in the town of Makiyivka on June 4.](https://gdb.rferl.org/628507f5-b96c-4ec4-b94d-33cfd256a78a_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Families who have fled fighting in Slovyansk eat at the canteen of the Makiyivsky Coke and Chemical Plant in the town of Makiyivka on June 4.
![Families who have fled fighting in Slovyansk, arrive at the Makiyivsky Coke and Chemical Plant in the town of Makiyivka on June 4.](https://gdb.rferl.org/625eca00-ed4f-490b-b3a6-22b51190de58_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Families who have fled fighting in Slovyansk, arrive at the Makiyivsky Coke and Chemical Plant in the town of Makiyivka on June 4.
![Local residents board a bus to Moscow in the eastern town of Kramatorsk as they flee the fighting in Slovyansk on June 4.](https://gdb.rferl.org/8fc38fe4-14c5-43aa-a524-b08ab685582b_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Local residents board a bus to Moscow in the eastern town of Kramatorsk as they flee the fighting in Slovyansk on June 4.