Kiev accuses Russia of sending more tanks to east Ukraine

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

Kiev accuses Russia of sending more tanks to east Ukraine

BY ANTON ZVEREV AND ALESSANDRA PRENTICE
DEBALTSEVE, Ukraine/KIEV Fri Feb 20, 2015 11:21am EST

(Reuters) - Kiev accused Russia on Friday of sending more tanks and troops into eastern Ukraine and said they were heading towards the rebel-held town of Novoazovsk on the southern coast, expanding their presence on what could be the next battlefront.

Russia did not immediately respond to the accusation which, if confirmed, would help kill off a European-brokered truce that was met by relentless rebel advances since it came into force on Sunday. Moscow has always denied charges in the past that its forces are fighting in Ukraine.

km (25 miles) east of the port city of Mariupol. It was captured by rebels last year and Kiev fears it could be a launch pad for strikes on Mariupol, a government-held port of 500,000 people that controls routes to the south and possibly to the Crimea peninsula annexed by Russia a year ago.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/02/20/us-ukraine-crisis-idUSKBN0LO13420150220

[Man from Pickens]

1. I can tell already that the accusation is false

Writing credits include Richard Balmforth, NATO intelligence officer. Look up his background and ask yourself what this guy is doing writing news stories.

This sickness in our security agencies, this lust for war at all costs, and complete lack of conscience or morals in how they go about doing it, is extremely disturbing.