Ukraine separatist leader says rebels getting tanks and reinforcements
Ukrainian servicemen detain a pro-Russian activist at a
checkpoint near the eastern Ukrainian town of Debaltseve, August 16, 2014.
REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko
By By Thomas Grove
DONETSK Ukraine (Reuters) - Ukrainian rebels are receiving
new armoured vehicles and fighters trained in Russia, with which they plan to
launch a major counter-offensive against government forces, a separatist leader
said in a video released on Saturday.
The four-month conflict in eastern Ukraine has reached a
critical phase, with Kiev and Western governments watching nervously to see if
Russia will intervene in support of the increasingly besieged rebels - an
intention Moscow denies.
Alexander Zakharchenko, prime minister of the
self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic, said the rebels were in the process
of receiving some 150 armoured vehicles, including 30 tanks, and 1,200 fighters
who he said had spent four months training in Russia. Read more >>
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