epa04464714 Ukrainian soldiers pick up their ballot papers during the parliamentary elections, in Podgortsi village, about 35 km from capital Kiev, Ukraine, 26 October 2014. Ukraine votes for the new parliament on 26 October. The elections are supposed to return political stability to the crisis-hit country, but few observers expect that they will facilitate a peaceful solution to the bloody conflict with pro-Russian separatists. EPA/TATYANA ZENKOVICH
