KIEV, Ukraine — Ukraine accused Russia on Friday of sending in dozens of tanks and other heavy weapons into Ukraine’s rebel-controlled eastern areas.
National Security and Defense Council spokesman Andriy Lysenko said at least 32 tanks, 16 artillery systems and 30 trucks loaded with fighters and ammunition had crossed into eastern Ukraine from Russia.
He provided no specific evidence or timetable, and it wasn’t immediately clear how his agency had obtained the information since parts of Ukraine’s eastern border with Russia have been under rebel control since August.
Ukraine and the West have continuously accused Moscow of fueling a pro-Russian rebellion in eastern …read more
Source: CBS
