KIEV, Ukraine – Ukraine warned Thursday that the security situation in rebel-held areas in the east has steadily worsened as separatist fighters move closer to demarcation lines separating them from government forces.
A cease-fire agreed on in September between rebels and Ukraine’s government has in effect been rendered invalid as intense hostilities proceed on a daily basis.
National Security and Defence Council spokesman Andriy Lysenko said that the Russian army is massing troops, including air defence units, near the border. Ukraine accuses Russia of directly supplying separatist forces.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexander Lukashevich on Thursday reiterated Moscow’s denial of that charge.
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Source: Global TV
