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KIEV, Ukraine - Ukraine on Friday accused Russia of sending dozens of tanks
and other heavy weapons into its rebel-controlled eastern regions and said
five servicemen were killed in clashes with the rebels.
Ukrainian 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
said three mobile radar units loaded on trucks also came over the border
from Russia.
Lysenko provided no specific evidence 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 Ukraine with troops and weapons. Russia
denies those accusations.
Russia's Defense Ministry had no immediate comment on Lysenko's statement,
but earlier Friday it rejected Western allegations that Moscow was deploying
more troops near the border.
NATO had no immediate confirmation on the latest Ukrainian report.
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