Activists carry a 300 meter long St. George ribbon, which has become a symbol of the pro-Russian insurgency in eastern Ukraine, during celebrations of the Victory Day at a World War II memorial in Saur-Mogila, about 60 km. (31 miles) east of Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, Saturday, May 8, 2021. Efforts have stalled to end the conflict between Russia-backed rebels and Ukrainian forces, which has killed more than 14,000 people since it broke out in 2014. Russia, which claims it has no military presence in eastern Ukraine, fueled the tensions this year by massing troops and conducting large-scale military exercises near its border with Ukraine. (AP Photo/Alexei Alexandrov)