Russia Puts Troops In Central Region On Combat-Ready Alert After Launch Of Massive Surprise Drill !
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- Russia Puts Troops In Central Region On Combat-Ready Alert After Launch Of Massive Surprise Drill – Video!
by Tyler Durden, www.zerohedge.com
So much for the Ukraine ultimatum.
As we reported yesterday, at the same time as Ukraine president Poroshenko implemented a unilateral “ceasefire” proposal which was said to have been accepted by Russia only for Russia to roundly dismiss it saying it sees the Ukraine step an “ultimatum”, alleged Ukraine gunmen shelled a border crossing on Russian territory near the town of Rostov.
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What, however, made clear that no Ukraine civil war de-escalation is coming, especially not on Kiev’s terms, were reports that overnight pro-Russia separatists, which Ukraine and NATO now consistently say are being reinforced by Russia, something the Kremlin is denying, retaliated in a mirror image of yesterday’s shelling, attacking Ukrainian posts on the border with Russia and a military base, and tried to storm an airforce base, according to Reuters.
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The fresh action came just hours after the start of a ceasefire at 10 p.m. on Friday by Ukrainian forces, ordered by President Petro Poroshenko as part of his plan to end the rebel insurgency in the east of the country.
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A government forces spokesman said the separatists used mortars and sniper fire to attack Ukrainian posts at Izvareno and Uspenka on the border, wounding nine Ukrainian officers.
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In other incidents, rebels with big caliber machine guns and grenade-launchers attacked a Ukrainian military position at Avdiyivka, near the main regional town of Donetsk, as well as a Ukrainian post at Kreminna.
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