Ukrainian servicemen guard a checkpoint near the eastern Ukrainian town of Debaltseve, August 16, 2014. Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian separatists fought skirmishes near the Russian border on Saturday but there was no sign of the conflict widening after Kiev said it partially destroyed an armoured column that had crossed the border from Russia. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko (UKRAINE – Tags: MILITARY POLITICS CIVIL UNREST TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)