Moscow —
Ukraine accused Russia of sending separatist fighters and an armored column into its embattled eastern region on Monday, describing the incursion as an attempt to open up a second front in the conflict now that pro-Russia forces are bottled up in their last two strongholds.
Two of the 10 tanks in the armored convoy that entered Ukrainian territory were destroyed by Ukrainian border forces and the rest of the column was blocked from moving forward to its apparent destination of Mariupol, Col. Andriy Lysenko told reporters in the Ukrainian capital of Kiev. …read more
Source: San Francisco Chronicle
