A Russian military helicopter takes off at a training site near the border with Ukraine in the Rostov region, August 7, 2014. Credit: REUTERS/Maria Tsvetkova
On Russia's Border With Ukraine, Fighters And Military Gear Move Freely -- Reuters
(Reuters) - In Russia's southwestern Rostov region bordering Ukraine, a military-style training camp, a broken down border fence and tracks consistent with armoured personnel carriers or tanks add to a body of evidence of Russian involvement in Ukraine's war.
The Kremlin has consistently denied assertions by the West that it is arming, supporting and training separatists fighting to establish an independent state in eastern Ukraine.
U.S. officials said in July they had identified a separatist training facility near Rostov, and a surface-to-air rocket that turned up in east Ukraine in June originated from a base near Moscow, according to its logbook.
On Russia's border with Ukraine, some 170 kilometres north of Rostov, there is further evidence pointing to Russia's role in the insurrection.
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My Comment: Years ago I drove through this region on a road trip from Volgograd to Kiev (I was retracing the route my father took during the Second World War). This region is immense .... and it is next to impossible to enforce the borders. There is no question in my mind that this is fertile ground for rebel safe havens and training zones .... and I am sure that the rebels/Kiev/Moscow are well aware of this.
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And this is why all the "Trojan Horse" talk about what's in those white trucks is so ridiculous. They can send whatever they want across this open border whenever they want to.
Black Knight what is your opinion about the Ukrainian crisis? Who do you agree with, Russia, Ukraine, US or are you neutral? It's interesting to know your perspective about this crisis.
no body wants a war, the axis of evil would be China, Russia, and ISS now, North Korean cant even stand properly. Those three want whatever they desire regardless of others. Thanks god we have freedom and democracy to safe guard us, do protect it with our lives.
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