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Mourners and family members attend a funeral for Olga Prokhorenko, 60, and Denis Abramenko, 30, who were killed by shrapnel after Ukrainian government forces shelled their location on Monday, May 26, during the funeral in Slovyansk, Ukraine, Wednesday, May 28, 2014. European Union leaders on Tuesday hailed the presidential election in Ukraine and called on Vladimir Putin's Russia to do what it can to end the fighting in the country's east. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
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Local women and their children walk through a street in Slovyansk, Ukraine, Wednesday, May 28, 2014. European Union leaders on Tuesday hailed the presidential election in Ukraine and called on Vladimir Putin's Russia to do what it can to end the fighting in the country's east. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
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Mourners and family members arrive for a funeral for Olga Prokhorenko, 60, and Denis Abramenko, 30, who were killed by shrapnel after Ukrainian government forces shelled their location on Monday, May 26, during the funeral in Slovyansk, Ukraine, Wednesday, May 28, 2014. European Union leaders on Tuesday hailed the presidential election in Ukraine and called on Vladimir Putin's Russia to do what it can to end the fighting in the country's east. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
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Firefighters work at a burnt ice hockey arena in Donetsk, Ukraine, Tuesday, May 27, 2014. Early Tuesday, a group of unidentified men stormed Donetsk's main ice hockey arena, which was to host the 2015 world championships and set it ablaze, according to the mayor's office. The ice hockey arena belongs to Ukrainian lawmaker Boris Kolesnikov. (AP Photo/Alexander Ermochenko)
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A pro-Russian gunman takes cover behind a tree during shooting near the airport, outside Donetsk, Ukraine, on Monday, May 26, 2014. Ukraine's military launched air strikes Monday against separatists who had taken over the airport in the eastern capital of Donetsk in what appeared to be the most visible operation of the Ukrainian troops since they started a crackdown on insurgents last month. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
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Smoke rises from a nearby explosion following a shelling from Ukrainian government forces in Slovyansk, Ukraine, Monday, May 26, 2014. Exit polls from Sunday's first round of the new presidential election predict Petro Poroshenko will be elected president in this bitterly divided country, and he vowed "to bring peace to the Ukrainian land", yet he described the separatists as "Somali pirates" and authorities in Kiev launched strikes against the militants.(AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
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Local ambulance medics run to the body of Olga Prokhorenko, 60, killed by shrapnel following a shelling from Ukrainian government forces in Slovyansk, Ukraine, Monday, May 26, 2014. Exit polls from Sunday's first round of the new presidential election predict Petro Poroshenko will be elected president in this bitterly divided country, and he vowed "to bring peace to the Ukrainian land", yet he described the separatists as "Somali pirates" and authorities in Kiev launched strikes against the militants.(AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
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Pro-Russian gunmen take positions near the airport, outside Donetsk, Ukraine, on Monday, May 26, 2014. Ukraine's military launched air strikes Monday against separatists who had taken over the airport in the eastern capital of Donetsk in what appeared to be the most visible operation of the Ukrainian troops since they started a crackdown on insurgents last month. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
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Pro-Russian gunmen take positions near the airport, outside Donetsk, Ukraine, on Monday, May 26, 2014. Ukraine's military launched air strikes Monday against separatists who had taken over the airport in the eastern capital of Donetsk in what appeared to be the most visible operation of the Ukrainian troops since they started a crackdown on insurgents last month. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
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Firefighters work at a burnt ice hockey arena in Donetsk, Ukraine, Tuesday, May 27, 2014. Early Tuesday, a group of unidentified men stormed Donetsk's main ice hockey arena, which was to host the 2015 world championships and set it ablaze, according to the mayor's office. The ice hockey arena belongs to Ukrainian lawmaker Boris Kolesnikov. (AP Photo/Alexander Ermochenko)
