Russian forces are ‘facilitating the movement and then helping the
separatists to use the weapons, if not using it themselves in support of
separatists’ John Kirby, Pentagon press secretary said.
Kirby called Russian actions an ‘intensification’ of the behaviours the Kremlin has exhibited for months.
“We continue to look for ways to reassure our NATO allies and
partners, and we continue to call for Russia to pull its forces back and
to stop escalating the tension there,” the spokesman added.
The accusation came a day after the UN Security Council warned of a
dangerous escalation of the Ukraine crisis as illegal armed groups in
Ukraine "reportedly intensified their activities over the last two
days."
Russia, however, rejected those reports and accused Kiev of
torpedoing all political agreements on resolving the crisis in Ukraine.
“The current escalation of crisis in the southeast of Ukraine is a
direct consequence of the reckless policy of Kiev, which is conducting
war against its own people,” said Vitaly Churkin, Russia's ambassador to
the UN.
The five-month-old conflict between government troops and
pro-independence militias has killed more than 2,000 people in eastern
and southeastern Ukraine.
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