017JS_EASTERN_UKRAINE
A man pushes an elderly woman on a sled toward a Ukrainian State Border Guard Service crossing point from Russian supported separatist held territory into Ukrainian controlled territory in Stanytsia Luhanska, located approximately 850 km east of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv. Up to 17,000 residents from both sides of the contact line cross through this control point daily. Some from the Ukrainian side sell products in separatist held areas, while people from separatist areas cross to collect their pensions in Ukrainian held territory. Many local residents have family members on both sides of the contact line. Stanytsia Luhanska, Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine, February 13, 2019