TOPSHOT - A tank from the Ukrainian Forces is stationed outside a building in the flashpoint eastern town of Avdiivka that sits just north of the pro-Russian rebels' de facto capital of Donetsk on February 2, 2017.
Ukraine's president appealed for more global pressure against Russia as Moscow-backed rebels and government forces clashed around a frontline town in a surge of fighting that has claimed a reported 23 lives. / AFP / Aleksey FILIPPOV        (Photo credit should read ALEKSEY FILIPPOV/AFP via Getty Images)