"In the past three days a new Russian missile system has been used against the armed forces of Ukraine," he told security chiefs.
"Information has also been confirmed that Russian staff officers are taking part in military operations against Ukrainian forces," he said, according to his website.
Russia is building up forces on its border with Ukraine, and separatists, backed by Russian "mercenaries", are firing on Ukrainian border guards in an attempt to bring armoured vehicles into the country, a Ukrainian military spokesman has said.
Accusing Russia of embarking on a course of escalation in Ukraine's eastern regions, spokesman Andriy Lysenko made the statement.
"In the past 24 hours, deployment of (Russian) units and military equipment across the border from the Sumy and Luhansk border points was noticed. The Russian Federation continues to build up troops on the border".
Ukrainian security officials also said contact had been lost with an An-26 military transport plane near Luhansk..........http://www.rte.ie/news/2014/0714/630566-ukraine/
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The Russian Defense Ministry has invited military attaches from 18 countries accredited in Moscow to learn the real situation at the Russia-Ukraine border in the Rostov Region, Deputy Defense Minister Anatoly Antonov said on Tuesday....
ReplyDelete“The Russian Defense Ministry has taken a decision to acquaint foreign military specialists with the real situation in the town of Donetsk in the Rostov Region and the Donetsk cross-border checkpoint, which were subjected to artillery and mortar fire from the Ukrainian territory,” the deputy defense minister said.
“For this purpose, we have invited military attaches from 18 countries (USA, Germany, France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Ukraine, China, Japan and others) to visit the abovementioned area on July 15, 2014,” Antonov said.....http://en.itar-tass.com/russia/740615
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Russia Invites Diplomats to Visit Site of Alleged Shell Attack...
DeleteRussian has invited diplomats from 18 countries to visit a border town where it says a Ukrainian shell has killed one person.
Russia's Defense Ministry says the visit by foreign military specialists and journalists will take place Tuesday in the Rostov region. The deputy defense minister has called the planned visit "an act of goodwill."
On Monday, pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine claimed responsibility for shooting down a Ukrainian military transport plane. They said four crew members have been taken prisoner.
Russia's Interfax news agency quoted separatists in the rebel-held city of Luhansk as saying the captives are in the border city of Krasnodon and undergoing interrogation.
Ukraine's Defense Ministry said the plane was flying too high above Luhansk to have been hit by conventional surface-to-air missiles, prompting speculation that rebels either used more powerful Russian missiles, or that the plane was hit by Russian missiles from Russian territory...............http://www.voanews.com/content/russia-invites-diplomats-visit-site-alleged-shell-attack/1957631.html
Military Aviation in Eastern Ukraine Halted Over An-26 Plane Crash...
ReplyDeleteKIEV, July 15 (RIA Novosti) – Ukraine has halted military aviation flights in the east of the country until further notice after an An-26 military transport plane crashed in Luhansk Region Monday, the special operations' press service said Tuesday.
“In line with the investigation into the situation of a Ukrainian Air Force An-26 military transport aircraft crashing in the Luhansk region on July 14, flights by the anti-terrorist operation aviation have been suspended until further notice. Anti-terrorist operation aircraft have been grounded at their home base from July 14," the press center reported.
The search for six crewmembers from the An-26 is ongoing.
The An-26 was carrying seven crew members and one accompanying person, Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council said.
Militia confirmed having downed the plane in the area surrounding Lisichanka, a city near the Russian border, using a Strela-1 missile system.
A spokesman for the Luhansk People’s Republic said militiamen have taken hostage several crew members. Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council Spokesman Andriy Lysenko said he has no information on the hostages.
http://en.ria.ru/world/20140715/190936092/Military-Aviation-in-Eastern-Ukraine-Halted-Over-An-26-Plane.html