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Published November 08, 2014
Unmarked military vehicles parked on a road outside the separatist rebel-held eastern Ukrainian town of Snizhne, 80 kilometers (50 miles) from Donetsk on Saturday Nov. 8, 2014. AP reporters saw more than 80 military vehicles on the move Saturday in separatist-controlled areas, indicating intensified hostilities may lie ahead. (AP Photo/Mstyslav Chernov)(The Associated Press)
Unmarked military vehicles travel along a road outside the separatist rebel-held town Makiivka, 25 km (16 miles) from Donetsk, eastern Ukraine on Saturday, Nov. 8, 2014. AP reporters saw more than 80 military vehicles on the move Saturday in separatist-controlled areas, indicating intensified hostilities may lie ahead. (AP Photo/Mstyslav Chernov)(The Associated Press)
SNIZHNE, Ukraine Associated Press reporters saw more than 80 unmarked military vehicles on the move Saturday in rebel-controlled areas of eastern Ukraine, indicating that intensified hostilities may lie ahead.
Three separate columns were seen one near the main separatist stronghold of Donetsk and two outside the town of Snizhne, 80 kilometers (50 miles) further east. The vehicles were mainly transportation trucks, some of them carrying small- and large-caliber artillery systems, and at least one armored personnel carrier. One truck outside Donetsk was seen to be carrying troops.
Ukrainian officials said this week that they believe rebel forces have received substantial consignments of weaponry and manpower from Russia. Moscow denies such claims.
It was not immediately possible to establish the provenance of the vehicles seen Saturday. Separatists have always insisted they are armed with equipment captured from Ukrainian forces, but the sheer scale and quality of their armaments have strained the credibility of that claim.
Despite a cease-fire being reached in September, Ukrainian and rebel troops engage on a regular basis, with some of the heaviest fighting focused on Donetsk airport.
One government paratrooper was killed Friday by a sniper at the airport, military authorities said in a statement.
The statement added that Ukrainian positions came under artillery fire in several towns and villages east of Donetsk, including Debaltseve, which has begun to be increasingly encircled by rebel forces.
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A leader of Ukraines separatists met with senators in Moscow, solidifying ties with Russia after holding elections that were condemned by the U.S. and Europe.
Andrei Purgin, deputy premier of the self-proclaimed Donetsk Peoples Republic, attended a meeting today on eastern Ukraine in the Federation Council, Russias upper house of parliament, where he advocated using rubles for some transactions. Meanwhile, Ukraine accused Russia of stepping up efforts to reinforce rebels with arms and supplies.
Purgins visit to Russia risks further undermining a Sept. 5 truce that both sides accuse each other of violating daily. The government in Kiev said rebel elections last week contravene the cease-fire pact, a position thats shared by the U.S. and the European Union. Russia has said it respects the ballots. President Vladimir Putin denies meddling in Ukraine.
Purgin isnt the first separatist representative to travel to Moscow, but his visit comes in the context of escalating violence, Otilia Dhand, an analyst at Teneo Intelligence in London, said today by e-mail. Purgins visit points to what will probably follow afterwards: the consolidation of separatist territorial control with Moscows support.
The violence has contributed to making the ruble the worlds worst-performing currency against the dollar over the past three months with a 20 percent plunge. It strengthened 2.7 percent this morning in Moscow, advancing for a second session, even as the central bank said Russias economy probably wont grow next year as U.S. and EU sanctions bite.
Ukraines hryvnia weakened 2.2 percent to 14.52 per dollar in Kiev. Local lenders agreed with the central bank not to allow the currency to slip beyond 15-16, the Interfax news service reported, citing an unidentified person who attended a meeting today between the two parties.
Purgin told the Russian senators that the rebels may set up a dual ruble-hryvnia currency zone following the Nov. 2 elections. He said high turnout at the ballots is a sign people trust the current authorities.
He was joined in Moscow by Alexei Karyakin, chairman of the self-proclaimed Luhansk Peoples Republics Supreme Council. The Luhansk rebels will establish a fully functioning state before deciding whether to seek to join Russia, Karyakin said.
Russia is giving additional legitimacy to the breakaway regions even though it doesnt officially recognize them, Evgeniy Minchenko, head of the International Institute of Political Expertise in Moscow, said by phone. The Kremlin isnt ready to officially accept the republics yet and maintains Ukraine should remain united, at least formally.
In eastern Ukraine, the conflict is threatening to return to the same open warfare that broke out after the February ouster of Russian-backed President Viktor Yanukovych and Putins annexation of the Crimean peninsula from Ukraine a month later.
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In one 40-vehicle convoy, "19 were large trucks - Kamaz type, covered, and without markings or number plates - each towing a 122 mm howitzer and containing personnel in dark green uniforms without insignia," the watchdog said in statement.
Ukraine said it had no doubt the new troops were Russians.
"Although the OSCE did not specify to whom the equipment and soldiers belonged, the Ukrainian military has no doubt of their identity," said military spokesman Andriy Lysenko.
"The past week was characterized by an increase in the intensity of shelling and the transfer of additional force: ammunition, equipment and personnel, to terrorist groups," Lysenko said.
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Reuters reporters in rebel-held Donetsk said intense shelling by heavy artillery continued throughout the night and into the early hours, and then picked up again later on Sunday morning. The shelling could be heard in the center of the city, which had a pre-conflict population of more than 1 million.
"There have been rumors for a while that one of the sides is getting ready to break the ceasefire and go on the offensive," local businessman Enrique Menendez said, describing Saturday's shelling as a "night of wrath".
Large clouds of black smoke could be seen over the ruins of the airport, which is still under government control but which the separatists are seeking to seize.
Lysenko said three Ukrainian soldiers had been killed in the past 24 hours and a further 13 injured. The media service for the military operation said two policemen and one civilian had died in shelling on Sunday.
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