NATO says Russia is violating a truce in eastern Ukraine by sending in convoys with advanced weapons and personnel reinforcements for pro-Russia separatists fighting Ukrainian government troops.
“We see a significant military buildup in and around Ukraine… large transfers of Russian advanced weapons, equipment and military personnel to violent separatists,” Jens Stoltenberg, secretary-general of the alliance, told a news conference in Brussels on Monday.
The statement comes a day after Kyiv accused Moscow of sending an “unauthorized” convoy of 106 trucks into rebel-held territory in Ukraine’s east. Russia claims the convoy carried humanitarian aid. Ukraine says it was a ruse to ship …read more
Source: Voice of America
