BRAVO! PUTIN @ Beijing but his tanks and troops just whacked into Ukraine!

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An honorable member of the Coffee Shop Has Just Posted the Following:

So Putin now can smile and wink wink with a grin to Obama just across the APEC tables....

hahahaha!

Do you know where are my tanks now Obama?


http://www.theguardian.com/world/201...tering-ukraine



Nato reports sightings of Russian tanks and troops entering eastern Ukraine
Kiev preparing for fresh combat operations in east after latest in a string of sightings of military movements near frontline






A column of tanks near the town of Shakhtarsk, eastern Ukraine. Photograph: Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP/Getty Images
Agence France-Presse in Donetsk
Wednesday 12 November 2014 14.27*GMT

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Nato has observed columns of Russian tanks, artillery and troops entering eastern Ukraine in the past two days, the military alliance’s senior commander in Europe said.

Observers from the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) reported on Tuesday seeing a convoy of 43 unmarked military lorries – five towing heavy artillery howitzers and another five with multiple rocket launchers – travelling into the rebel stronghold of Donetsk.

General Philip Breedlove said in Sofia: “Across the last two days we have seen the same thing that OSCE is reporting. We have seen columns of Russian equipment – primarily Russian tanks, Russian artillery, Russian air defence systems and Russian combat troops – entering into Ukraine.

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“We do not have a good picture at this time of how many. We agree that there are multiple columns,” the US general added.

It was the latest in a string of recent sightings of unmarked lorries and heavy weapons heading towards the frontline in rebel-controlled areas.

Kiev said it was readying for fresh combat operations in the war-torn east, fuelling fears of a return to all-out conflict two months after a ceasefire deal halted fighting along much of the frontline.

Stepan Poltorak, Ukraine’s defence minister, said Kiev was preparing for a new round of fighting after seeing increased activity by Russia and pro-Moscow rebels across the region.

“The main task I see is to prepare for combat operations. We are doing this, we are readying our reserves,” Poltorak said at the start of a cabinet meeting. “We observe their movements, we know where they are and we expect unpredictable actions from them.”

He said the situation in the conflict zone was “complicated but stable” for now.

Moscow has consistently denied that it is involved in the fighting in east Ukraine. But it openly gives political backing to the self-declared separatist statelets, and it is unclear how else the rebels could have acquired the heavy weaponry typical of a regular army.

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Moscow deployed unmarked troops to seize the Ukrainian peninsula of Crimea in March, first denying they were its forces before admitting it had sent in soldiers.

The UN security council will hold an emergency session later on Wednesday to discuss the Ukraine crisis, with representatives from the OSCE set to give an update on the situation on the ground.

The OSCE, which is monitoring the ceasefire, said on Tuesday that there was a growing risk of an escalation in the conflict, which has claimed more than 4,000 lives since April, according to UN figures.

Heavy artillery fire in Donetsk continued for several hours on Wednesday , the most intense fighting since the weekend. The barrage of mortars fired from near the city centre towards government positions at the ruined airport eased by early afternoon.

Ukraine’s military said one soldier had been killed and five wounded as its positions came under repeated shelling around the region over the past 24 hours.


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