Ukrainian troops have engaged in clashes with Russian troops which crossed the border in the southeast of the country.
Ukrainian military spokesperson Andriy Lysenko said Russian military vehicles with the insignia of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic “violated the state border of Ukraine” in the southern part of Donetsk region.
Lysenko said at least 10 tanks, two armored vehicles and two trucks from Russia crossed into the country on Monday soon after which they engaged in clashes with a Ukrainian military border unit.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov dismissed the Ukrainian claim that Russian tanks had opened a new front in Ukraine as “misinformation.”
Lavrov also announced that Russia had informed Kiev it will send a second aid convoy to rebel held areas in eastern Ukraine.
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