In this picture taken on March 3, 2015, a meat market is almost deserted in Donetsk, Ukraine the main town in the area controlled by Russia-backed rebels. Restrictions imposed on travel from separatist-controlled areas to the rest of Ukraine, coupled with a recent surge in reports of supply trucks being blocked from sending goods to the separatist zone, underscore the vulnerability of the Russia-backed rebel rule as well as the Ukrainian government's virtual crackdown on its own citizens. (AP Photo/Mstyslav Chernov), APTOPIX