This is the space for reporting the ludicrous western reports on the Ukrainian conflict.
If they're winning it has to be the Russians, doesn' t it?
Zero Hedge treats this all with the appropriate grain of salt.
Ukraine Claims Russian Forces At Border, Attack Conflict Zone; Russia Replies "Complete Rubbish"
If they're winning it has to be the Russians, doesn' t it?
Zero Hedge treats this all with the appropriate grain of salt.
Ukraine Claims Russian Forces At Border, Attack Conflict Zone; Russia Replies "Complete Rubbish"
More meaningless footage
20
January, 2014
After
reportedly rejecting Vladimir Putin's peace proposal and
continuing heavy shelling in the pro-Russian-held regions of Donetsk,
Ukraine's military spokesman Lysenko is reporting the Russian
army is directly attacking Ukraine forces in the north conflict zone.
The fight over what is now adestroyed
Donetsk airport continues
with Lysenko claiming to have stalled Russian forces adding
that three
Russian battallions are approaching the Ukraine border.
CNN reports that the Russian Defense Ministry says,"Ukraine's
allegations that Russian troops are in Ukraine are complete rubbish."
Reuters
and Bloomberg report...
- THREE MORE RUSSIAN BATTALLIONS APPROACH UKRAINE BORDER: LYSENKO
- UKRAINE SAYS FIERCE CLASHES FOR DONETSK AIRPORT: LYSENKO
- RUSSIAN ARMY ATTACKING UKRAINE FORCES: LYSENKO
- UKRAINE FORCES ATTACKED IN NORTH CONFLICT ZONE: LYSENKO
- HEAVY FIGHTING STILL GOING ON BUT UKRAINIANS HAVE HALTED ADVANCE OF RUSSIAN FORCES - MILITARY SPOKESMAN LYSENKO
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Reportedly
Russian tanks at the Ukraine border..
er..
As
Reuters reports,
Ukrainian army units came under attack from Russian regular forces in eastern Ukraine on Tuesday and heavy fighting was taking place, a Ukrainian military spokesman said.
"In spite of preliminary agreements, Ukrainian military units were attacked in the north of the anti-terrorist operational zone by regular military formations of the armed forces of Russia," the spokesman, Andriy Lysenko, said.
"Heavy fighting is continuing near the (Ukrainian army) checkpoints 29 and 31," he said, pinpointing an area near the town of Slovyanoserbsk, northwest of Luhansk.
"Ukrainian forces have stopped the advance of Russian troops ... The situation in the conflict zone is serious but under our control," Lysenko said at a news briefing.
Three more battalion tactical groups of Russian motorised infantry had been tracked inside Russia heading towards the Ukrainian border, as well as an artillery division, he said.
Lysenko's announcement at a specially called news briefing was one of the boldest assertions yet by Ukraine of direct Russian military involvement in the nine-month conflict between pro-Russian separatists and government forces.
Despite what the West and Kiev says is incontrovertible proof, Moscow has continued to deny that any of its regular forces are deployed in Ukraine.
As
Bloomberg reports,
Ukrainian govt claims of Russian troops, equipment entering Ukraine Jan. 19 “absolute nonsense,” Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov says in e-mailed statement.
Allegations from Kiev are “hallucinations”: Konashenkov
Ukraine studying plan put forward by Russian President Vladimir Putin to withdraw heavy weaponry from conflict zone,RIA Novosti reports, citing Russian Ambassador Mikhail Zurabov
Zurabov says Ukrainian comments on plan mostly technical: RIA
Claims that Russian forces entered Ukraine 'complete rubbish,' Russia says
CNN,
20
January, 2015
Moscow
(CNN) Ukraine's latest allegations that Russian troops have been
deployed into Ukraine are "complete rubbish," the Russian
Defense Ministry said Tuesday.
A
day earlier, Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk said Russian
troops had crossed the border to support pro-Russian rebels.
Ukraine
and the West for months have accused Russia of supporting rebels in
eastern Ukraine by sending in Russian troops, weapons and supplies.
The United States and European countries have imposed economic
sanctions on Russia over its involvement in Ukraine, while Russian
officials have frequently denied claims their military has sent
forces to bolster the rebels.
On
Tuesday, Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Maj. Gen. Igor
Konashenkov said Monday's allegations were designed to attract
sympathy and investment for Ukraine at this week's gathering of
political and business leaders in Davos, Switzerland.
Yatsenyuk,
according to Ukraine's state-run media, said Monday that his
country's military "confirmed the fact military personnel and
equipment have been transferred from Russia to Ukraine."
"Tanks,
GRAD multiple rocket systems, BUK and SMERCH systems, radio
electronic intelligence systems are not sold at local Donetsk street
markets. Only the Russian army and Defense Ministry have them,"
Yatsenyuk said.
The
prime minister's spokeswoman, Olga Lappo, confirmed to CNN the quotes
attributed to Yatsenyuk are accurate.
Unrest
in Ukraine began with protests in the country's capital last year
after pro-Moscow President Viktor Yanukovych, favoring closer ties to
Russia, dropped plans to sign a political and economic agreement with
the European Union.
After
months of protests and days of deadly clashes between demonstrators
and security personnel in Kiev, Parliament ousted Yanukovych in
February. Weeks later, Russia annexed the Crimean Peninsula.
In
April, violence broke out in two Ukrainian regions that border Russia
-- Donetsk and Luhansk -- as separatist leaders declared independence
from the government in Kiev.
Pro-Russian
separatists have claimed control of parts of Donetsk and Luhansk
since the spring, despite a push by Ukrainian forces to defeat them.
From mid-April to September 16 alone, at least 3,500 people were
killed and at least 8,100 others were wounded in the conflict,
according to the United Nations.
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