{"id":14917,"date":"2014-06-14T10:24:04","date_gmt":"2014-06-14T02:24:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=14917"},"modified":"2014-06-14T10:24:04","modified_gmt":"2014-06-14T02:24:04","slug":"u-s-accuses-russia-of-sending-tanks-into-eastern-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2014\/06\/14\/u-s-accuses-russia-of-sending-tanks-into-eastern-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. accuses Russia of sending tanks into eastern Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"

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WASHINGTON — The United States on Friday accused Russia of sending tanks into eastern Ukraine, calling Moscow’s new effort to support the militants there “unacceptable.”<\/span><\/p>\n

“In the last three days, a convoy of three T-64 tanks, several BM-21 or Grad multiple rocket launchers and other military vehicles crossed from Russia into Ukraine near the Ukrainian town of Snizhne. This is unacceptable,” State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf told reporters at a daily news briefing.<\/span><\/p>\n

She said Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko lodged a protest with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Thursday, while U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry voiced his concern with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov a day earlier.<\/span><\/p>\n

Russia, which denied sending troops or weapons to eastern Ukraine where armed militants are fighting the government forces, has made no comment on the movement of tanks.<\/span><\/p>\n

“We are highly concerned by new Russian efforts to support the separatists,” Harf said, urging Moscow to take advantage of a meeting between Ukrainian and Russian negotiators over the weekend to “demonstrate its commitments to peace” and help implement the peace plan mapped out by Poroshenko on June 7 in his inauguration speech.<\/span><\/p>\n

The plan calls for a ceasefire, amnesty for militants to lay down their arms, safe conduct for Russian fighters back to Russia, and broad decentralization of authority to Ukraine’s regions.<\/span><\/p>\n

“A failure by Russia to deescalate the situation will lead to additional costs,” Harf warned.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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