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50 tanks entered Ukraine from Russia during peace talks: Kiev

Around 50 tanks, 40 multiple launch rocket systems and a similar number of armoured vehicles crossed the Russian- Ukrainian border at Izvarin

AFPPTI Kiev
Around 50 tanks and dozens of other heavy weapons entered Ukraine from Russia during peace talks in Minsk, a Ukrainian military spokesman said today.

"Around 50 tanks, 40 multiple launch rocket systems and a similar number of armoured vehicles crossed the Russian- Ukrainian border at Izvarin," in pro-Russian separatist region Lugansk, Ukrainian military spokesman Andriy Lysenko told journalists in Kiev.

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First Published: Feb 12 2015 | 6:35 PM IST

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