FYI - President Petro Poroshenko tells David Cameron that forces have destroyed part of a military convoy seen entering Ukraine territory - not confirmed & almost certainly this is propaganda aimed at justifying NATO intervention Ukraine claims it has destroyed Russian military vehicles in the countrys east, a day after a column was spotted moving across the border. Ukraines president, Petro Poroshenko, told David Cameron in a phone call that his countrys armed forces had destroyed part of an armed convoy that the Guardian saw moving through a gap in a border fence on Thursday night. There was no immediate proof, and it was impossible to establish whether the Ukrainians had targeted the same convoy observed by the Guardian. The Russians categorically denied that any of their troops were even in Ukraine. But the claim marks a new escalation in the six-month confrontation over Ukraine and if verified would amount to the first confirmed military engagement between the two adversaries since the crisis blew up in the spring. The president informed [Cameron] that the information was trustworthy because the majority of those machines [Russian military vehicles] had been eliminated by the Ukrainian artillery at night, a statement from Poroshenkos office read. The Guardian and Telegraph witnessed the convoy crossing through a gap in a wire demarcation fence on Thursday night, close to the village of Severny on the Ukrainian side. The convoy had waited by the side of the road several miles away until darkness fell, and then moved towards the border. As it crossed the fenced area armed men stood guard. It was impossible to verify the destination or ultimate fate of the convoy, or monitor how long it stayed on the other side of the border. Nato said it had observed the Russian incursion. What we have seen last night is the continuation of what we have seen for some time, said the Nato secretary general, Anders Fogh Rasmussen. The reports drew swift international reaction. The Russian ambassador in London was summoned to the Foreign Office, and the foreign secretary, Philip Hammond, said he was very alarmed and that any incursion could have serious consequences. theguardian/world/2014/aug/15/ukraine-claims-destroyed-russian-military-vehicles-crossed-border President of Ukraine Petro Porosjenko told the British Prime Minister David Cameron to Ukrainian artillery destroyed some of the armored vehicles during the night that crossed the border, reports Reuters. The data in the UKs The Guardian reported that 23 armored personnel carriers crossed the border from Russia into eastern Ukraine has led to new criticism from the outside world. The convoy drove into the territory of Ukraine via a small side road. NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen sees intrusion as a proof that there is a continuous flow of Russian arms and troops into the eastern Ukraine, writes Reuters. mobil.svd.se/c.jsp;jsessionid=629B86050C851695A595B50C5EB523CE.sonny4?cid=25968641&rssId=&item=http%3a%2f%2fsvd.se%2f%3fservice%3dmobile%26amp%3barticleId%3d3823262
Posted on: Fri, 15 Aug 2014 22:38:02 +0000
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