Ukraine says it has destroyed Russian military vehicles in the country’s eastern region, a day after a column was spotted moving across the border.
Ukraine president Petro Poroshenko confirmed the attack on the Russian convoy of armored personnel carriers in a telephone call, saying that a “significant” part of the military convoy has been destroyed. According to a statement on Poroshenko’s website, “Much of this equipment was destroyed by the Ukrainian artillery at night.”
On Thursday night, reporters from the Guardian and Telegraph witnessed a convoy crossing through a gap in a wire demarcation fence on Thursday night, near Severny village on the Ukraine side. The convoy had waited by the side of the road several miles away until it became dark, and then advanced towards the border without turning off headlights. As the column crossed the fence area armed men stood watch.
The convoy included at least 23 vehicles including armored personnel carriers, soft-skinned trucks and fuel trucks. While the APCs had no visible markings the soft-skinned trucks and fuel trucks had black Russian military number plates.
There was no immediate proof if the Ukrainian armed forces targeted the same convoy seen by the Guardian and Telegraph.
The Russians have denied any incursion. President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov called the reports “fake.”
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