Ukraine: at least 4,000 people have already died during the conflict

Russian Tanks Are Rolling 

Into Ukraine Again ...

by MICHAEL B KELLEY

Russian tanks and men are reportedly rolling into Ukraine again, a day after Russian President Vladimir Putin met with top military officials to discuss the "deterioration of the situation" in the east of the country.

Ukraine says a convoy made up of 32 tanks, 16 howitzer cannons, and 30 trucks of troops and equipment crossed the border into the rebel-controlled Luhansk region, Sky News reports.

"The deployment continues of military equipment and Russian mercenaries to the front lines," Ukraine military spokesman Andriy Lysenko said in a televised briefing.

Andrei Purgin, deputy prime minister of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic, said the Ukrainian army had launched "all-out war" on rebel positions, the Russian news agency RIA said.

Kiev denied this, saying the army remained in agreed positions.

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