TOPSHOTS A pigeon sits a Soviet era statue of Lenin with a Urkainain flag wrapped around it as an EU flag flies, near the the eastern Ukrainian city of Slavyansk, Donetsk region, controlled by Ukrainian forces on March 12, 2015. The IMF handed Ukraine a $17.5 billion lifeline on March 11 as the United States agreed to send military aid to bolster its forces against pro-Russian rebels -- but stopped short of promising weapons. AFP PHOTO / SERGEI SUPINSKY