Ukraine denounced the incursion of Russian tanks in eastern separatist Kiev on Friday denounced the entry from Russia dozens of tanks and troops into the eastern rebel Ukraine where five soldiers were killed, another sign of a deterioration since the separatists elections. Five soldiers were killed and 31 people - six soldiers and five civilians - wounded in 24 hours, according to authorities, one of the heavier balance sheets since the cease-fire on September 5. This truce was undermined by the Sunday election in rebel areas, a recognized de facto poll by Moscow and Kiev that led to take further measures to isolate a little more separatist areas. Amid fears of a new rebel offensive, the Ukrainian military spokesman Andrii Lysenko said that 32 tanks, artillery and trucks carrying soldiers crossed into Ukraine from Russia. 32 tanks, 16 howitzers and 30 military Kamaz trucks with troops entered Ukraine from Russia and headed for the town of Krasny Luch in the Lugansk region rebel, he has said. Another column of trucks carrying three radio stations have crossed the post-control Izvariné the hands of separatists, the source said. In Donetsk, the main rebel stronghold, 15 civilians were injured Thursday by shrapnel in the districts near the airport of Donetsk, one of the main hot that the Ukrainian pro-Russian separatist forces and compete for several months point . The firing continued Friday morning in Donetsk, but with much less intensity than the day before perhaps because of the thick fog that covers the entire city, according to AFP reporters on the spot. Meanwhile, 150 people attended the funerals of two teenagers killed Wednesday in a bombing that affected their school near Donetsk, a drama that has aroused strong emotion, Kiev and rebels accusing each other of being responsible. It must not happen again. We have to stop the war, said the mayor of Donetsk Igor Martynov. The situation on the ground has suddenly worsened after the elections in these two separatist regions, according to Kiev and Westerners, have dealt a blow to the fragile peace process. Moscow, who said respect the outcome of these elections, for its part accused the Ukrainian authorities of having grossly trampled the peace agreements signed in Minsk on September 5. On Friday, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Grigory Karasin called Kiev to establish a dialogue with representatives of the rebel is. Kiev, which rejects the separatist vote unconstitutional but does not seem to be able to recover the rebel regions, on the other hand has taken a series of measures to isolate them from the rest of the Ukraine in order to prevent cancer s extend, in the words of President Poroshenko. The government has imposed passport control around the pro-Russian East after announcing the abolition of payments benefits, especially pensions, the people of the East if not moving into the territories controlled by Kiev. Ukraine plans to eventually stop all grants for this area, amounting, in Kiev, to 34 billion hryvnias (1.8 billion euros) per year. Internationally, the European Union announced for November 17 held a council of its foreign ministers to discuss sanctions against Moscow. This topic could be discussed Saturday in Beijing during a meeting between Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his US counterpart John Kerry margin preparations for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum (APEC). Russia is already heavily hit by Western sanctions in response to the annexation in March of Ukrainian Crimean peninsula after the fall of the pro-Russian regime and hardened after the crash of flight MH17 shot down by a missile over territory controlled by the rebels in the east of Ukraine. The Russian currency weighed down by the Ukrainian crisis and falling oil prices collapsed Friday at the conclusion of a nightmarish week has seen the ruble lose more than 10% of its value.
Posted on: Fri, 07 Nov 2014 22:06:26 +0000
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