A top U.S. diplomat for Europe says citizens in large parts of war-torn eastern Ukraine and Crimea are living under “a reign of terror” spawned by a new influx of Russian military hardware.
Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland, speaking Tuesday, told the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee that Russian tanks, armored vehicles and Russian artillery have poured across the border in recent days.
“Russia and its separatist puppets have unleashed unspeakable violence and pillage,” she said. “This is a manufactured conflict controlled by the Kremlin, fueled by Russian tanks and heavy weapons and financed at Russian taxpayers’ expense.”
Nuland also told the …read more
Source: Voice of America
