"Rebels" attack from both sides of border in Ukraine

KIEV: Ukrainian troops have recaptured more than a dozen eastern villages from pro-Russia separatists but Russia is allowing the rebels to attack Ukrainian border posts from its territory, a top security official said on Friday.

National security council secretary Andriy Parubiy also said Russia was massing troops near the Ukrainian border — a statement that could not immediately be verified. The two neighbors share a 2,000km long border that is unmarked and unguarded outside of a few checkpoints.

There was no immediate response from Russia to either statement, which came as President Petro Poroshenko expressed a willingness to take part in new peace talks as early as Saturday..................AP.....................http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/europe/Rebels-attack-from-both-sides-of-border-in-Ukraine/articleshow/37785966.cms
4/7/14
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