Fragile Calm Reigns In Luhansk, Ukraine

A quiet, nearly empty street in the city of Luhansk

Children play in a public fountain.

Families stroll in Luhansk.

Signs of the recent violence appear amid the relative calm. A memorial to victims of recent clashes stands near the regional administration building.

An explosion struck the separatist-held administration building on June 2, killing at least eight people. Rebels claimed the blast was an air strike by the Ukrainian military, a charge rejected by officials in Kyiv.

People stand outside the regional administration building.

A World War I-era British tank stands as a monument to Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War.

Near the city of Luhansk, pro-Russian separatists man a checkpoint.

A quiet street in Luhansk