32 танки, 16 гаубиць, 30 вантажівок з солдатами

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NATO sources have confirmed the Russian military invasion of Ukraine after a column of 32 tanks entered the country from Russia.

A convoy made up of 32 tanks, 16 howitzer cannons and 30 trucks of troops and equipment had crossed the border into the rebel-controlled Luhansk region.

"The deployment continues of military equipment and Russian mercenaries to the front lines," Ukraine's military spokesman Andriy Lysenko said in a televised briefing.

The move comes the day after fighting with pro-Russian rebels killed five Ukrainian soldiers and injured 16, he added.

There have been clashes in the region since 5 September when a truce was signed in the conflict that has seen more than 4,000 killed.

But this truce has grown more fragile in the past week, with each side accusing the other of breaching it and with the pro-Russian side held its own elections last Sunday.

A Kremlin advisor said that Russia was committed to the two-month-old Minsk agreement on ceasefire in eastern Ukraine and wanted to build on peace talks.

Foreign policy adviser Yuri Ushakov said Russia respected the will of voters after a leadership election in eastern Ukraine seen as illegitimate in the west.

But he was careful to add that he had deliberately chosen the word "respect" rather than "recognise".

Russian president Vladimir Putin is due to meet with a number of world leaders next week, including UK Prime Minister David Cameron and French President Francois Hollande, Mr Ushakov said.

He will also meet with International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde during an Asia-Pacific summit in Beijing on 10 and 11 November.

The conflict and EU and US sanctions have hit Russia hard, with the ruble set for its worst week in 15 years.

So far this year it has lost more than a third of its value against the US dollar.

http://news.sky.com/story/1368812/dozens-of-tanks-enter-ukraine-from-russia

 

Єврогеї в курсі.