People walk across a destroyed bridge into Ukraine-controlled territory at a checkpoint guarded by pro-Russian rebels in Stanytsia Luhanska, Lugansk region, on March 7, 2017. Russia hit back March 7 at claims it is "sponsoring terrorism" in war-torn eastern Ukraine, dismissing as "neither factual, nor legal," Kiev's contention that it is breaking its treaties by supporting pro-Moscow rebels. / AFP PHOTO / Aleksey FILIPPOV