Local leader Vyacheslav Ponomaryov speaks with journalists as he shows ammunition casings and documents allegedly found after a gun battle at a check-point outside the eastern Ukrainian city of Slavyansk, on April 20, 2014. Three pro-Russian militants and one attacker were killed in a gunbattle near the volatile eastern Ukrainian town of Slavyansk early today, a local leader and a rebel at the scene told journalists. The separatist leader, Vyacheslav Ponomarev, who gave the death toll, said the deadly battle broke out at a barricade put up in a village east of Slavyansk, which is under the control of pro-Russian militants. AFP PHOTO / GENYA SAVILOV