"These announcements were made citing some 'reports' without any solid proof," the spokesman said.
On Wednesday, Baird said his country was seriously concerned about information that Russian troops were apparently moving toward the Ukrainian border.
The Defense Ministry said that such announcements directed at irritating the conflict in southeastern Ukraine are coming from a single source.
"[The source] is not Ukrainian but he is currently located in an administrative building in Kiev," the Defense Ministry spokesman said. "We call on [our] Western partners to address these dangers of this false information of Russian military forces directly to the source that has invented them in the future," he added.
Since the beginning of the military conflict in Ukraine in April, Kiev and the West have been accusing Russia of sending troops and arms to independence supporters in Ukraine's southeastern regions of Donetsk and Luhansk.
Earlier this week, for example, Ukraine's Foreign Ministry submitted a protest note to Russia's Foreign Ministry, stating that Moscow is providing military aid to Donbas fighters.
These accusations, however, were never supported with any evidence. Russia has repeatedly stated that it is not involved in the conflict, calling it an internal matter, but has contributed to its peaceful resolution by acting as a mediator at talks in the Belarusian capital of Minsk that resulted in a ceasefire agreement between Kiev's forces and independence supporters of Ukraine's eastern regions.(RIA Novosti)
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Kyiv: 32 tanks enter Ukraine from Russia ...
ReplyDeleteUkraine's military claims a column of 32 tanks has entered eastern Ukraine. That claim has been denied, however, by a Russian defense ministry spokesman, according to the Russian news agency Interfax.
Kyiv claimed on Friday that an estimated 32 tanks had crossed over into the Ukrainian territory of Luhansk from Russia on Thursday.
Ukrainian military spokesperson Andriy Lysenko also said that the convoy consisted of 30 trucks filled with troops and heavy weapons, including 16 howitzer cannons.
Trucks and three mobile radar stations were also sighted, Lysenko said.
However, A report from Russia's Interfax news agency quickly denied the claims as a "provocation," citing a Russian defense ministry spokesperson.
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Earlier this week, NATO reported Russian troop movements near the Ukrainian border. The announcement coincided with renewed tensions between Kyiv and separatists in eastern Ukraine who elected leaders for a self-declared "People's Republic of Donetsk" last weekend, despite international condemnation.......................http://dw.de/p/1DivW
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Pentagon cannot confirm reports of alleged Russian military hardware sending to Ukraine ...
ReplyDeleteThe U.S. Department of Defence has no evidence confirming Russian military hardware sending to Ukraine, Pentagon spokesman Rear Admiral John Kirby told reporters on Friday, commenting on Kiev authorities’ allegations that Russian sent T-64 tanks and artillery weapons to Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region.
“I don’t have any independent operational reporting that would be able to confirm that report that these formations have crossed the border,” Kirby said. “What we do see is a continued presence of significantly capable and ready Russian battalion tactical groups right across that border. And they are close. And they are very capable,” Kirby added............http://en.itar-tass.com/world/758701
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Il n’y a pas de troupes russes dans l'Est de l'Ukraine, et cela est confirmé par le fait que le Département d'Etat américain n'a aucune preuve du contraire, a déclaré le ministre russe des Affaires étrangères Sergueï Lavrov après sa rencontre avec le secrétaire d'Etat américain John Kerry à Pékin...
ReplyDeletePlus tôt, le porte-parole du département d'Etat des Etats-Unis, Jen Psaki a déclaré que les Etats-Unis n'avaient pas de confirmation de l'information sur le transfert de matériel militaire russe sur le territoire de l'Ukraine.
Lire la suite: http://french.ruvr.ru/news/2014_11_08/Lavrov-a-dementi-la-presence-des-troupes-russes-en-Ukraine-4717/
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