Ukraine says it has destroyed Russian vehicles that entered territory

[5.56NATO]

Ukraine claims to have destroyed Russian military vehicles in the country's east, a day after a column was spotted moving across the border.

Ukraine's president, Petro Poroshenko, told David Cameron in a phone call on Friday that a column of Russian armoured vehicles had been destroyed. Russia has denied the vehicles were even in Ukraine.

A statement from Poroshenko's office said: "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."

It added: "The president expressed concern over the situation on the border, particularly, over the fact that the inflow of Russian arms and military machines in Ukraine through the open part of the border continued."

The Guardian and Daily Telegraph reported on Thursday that correspondents had seen 23 Russian armoured personnel carriers, supported by fuel trucks and other military logistics vehicles, crossing into Ukrainian territory. 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.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/201...cles-territory








The poop may have hit the fan.

[sevlex]

Hey Vlad, Neener, Neener, Neener!

I think he has really stepped in it this time.

[5.56NATO]

NATO would respond militarily to Crimea-style infiltration: general
BERLIN (Reuters) - If Russia tries to infiltrate troops into a NATO country, even out of official military uniform as it did before it annexed Ukraine's Crimea, NATO will respond militarily, the alliance's top commander said in an interview published on Sunday.
http://news.yahoo.com/nato-respond-m...153724901.html