A convoy of “up to 100” tanks, armoured vehicles and rocket launchers was seen travelling on a road toward Telmanove, a town about 80 kilometres south of rebel stronghold Donetsk and 20 kilometres from the Russian border, Ukraine’s army said in a statement.
The army did not give details about the personnel on board the vehicles or when the column was thought to have entered Ukraine.
A military source said the convoy had come from Russia.
“We believe that this is Russian equipment. You cannot buy 100 tanks at a market in Donetsk or Lugansk,” the source said.
“Of course they have been moved from across the border.”
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If it turns out Russian soldiers are fighting in Ukraine it could further deepen the country’s crisis — the focus of talks this week between Russian president Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian prime minister Arseny Yatseniuk.
US ambassador to Ukraine Geoffrey Pyatt said in a Twitter post: “The new columns of Russian tanks and armour crossing into Ukraine indicates a Russian-directed counter-offensive may be underway.”
Full article: Ukraine conflict: Russian soldiers seen with ‘up to 100’ military vehicles in Ukrainian villages (ABC)
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