Ukraine Civil War News Updates -- August 27, 2014

Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko (front), Russia's President Vladimir Putin (R) and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov attend a meeting with high-ranked officials representing Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Ukraine and the European Union in Minsk, August 26, 2014. REUTERS/Mykola Lazarenko/Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Handout

Talks Optimism Fades As Ukraine Says Russia Makes New Incursion -- Reuters

(Reuters) - Ukraine accused Russian forces of launching a new military incursion across its border on Wednesday, a day after the leaders of both countries agreed to work towards ending a separatist war in the east of the country.

The accusation, which could not be immediately verified, quickly dented any sense of cautious optimism from Tuesday's late-night talks between presidents Vladimir Putin and Petro Poroshenko on resolving the five-month conflict.

Ukrainian military spokesman Andriy Lysenko said a group of Russian soldiers had crossed the border in armored infantry carriers and a truck and entered the eastern town of Amvrosiyivka, not far from where Ukraine detained 10 Russian soldiers on Monday.

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Ukraine Civil War News Updates -- August 27, 2014

Ukraine Says Russian Forces Lead Major New Offensive in East -- New York Times
Battle for key southeast coast heats up in Ukraine -- Washington Post
Ukraine crisis: Rebels push into port of Novoazovsk -- BBC
Rebels extend fight against Kiev to Ukraine's south coast -- Financial Times
Ukraine crisis: Novoazovsk targeted by rebels -- BBC
Government-held Ukraine town hit by rebel shells -- AP
Pro-Russian rebel forces enter key Ukrainian town in new southeastern front -- FOX News/AP
Ukraine claims Russian offensive on third front -- UPI
Rebels seize ground as West claims Russia army is in Ukraine -- AFP
Donetsk fighters make further advances on Ukrainian troops -- ITAR-TASS
Donetsk militia forces claim seizing control of Starobeshevo from pro-Kiev troops -- ITAR-TASS
Ballistic Missile Falls on Donetsk for First Time -- RIA Novosti
Situation in Luhansk remains critical -- Kyiv Post

Ukraine Fighting Rages on After Leaders Hail Summit -- Bloomberg Businessweek
Putin’s Good Cop Claim Hollow in Kiev as Rebels Widen War -- Bloomberg Businessweek
‘Tough Talks’ Leave Russia and Ukraine Deadlocked Over Conflict -- WSJ
Ukraine-Russia talks in Minsk fruitless — Yatsenyuk -- ITAR-TASS

Ukraine Says More Tanks Roll In From Russia Despite Talks -- AFP
Group of Russian soldiers cross into Ukraine town: Ukraine military -- Reuters
Kiev says Russian army convoy in east Ukraine -- Al Jazeera
Russia accused of new military incursions into Ukrainian territory -- The Guardian
Ukraine Says More Russian Troops Have Entered Country -- VOA

Greeks Fighting Alongside Donetsk People’s Republic Militia - Reports -- RIA Novosti
Captive Russian paratroopers say they didn't realize they were in Ukraine -- Reuters
Russian servicemen detained in Ukraine taken to Kiev’s detention centre — official -- ITAR-TASS
Russia says next aid convoy to Ukraine 'will not be the last' -- AFP
Ukraine expects 'practical help' from NATO: PM Yatseniuk -- Reuters

Ukraine's PM says Russia plans to block gas flows to Europe -- Reuters
Russia denies it has plans to block gas transit to Europe -- Reuters

Germany says Russia must stop flow of weapons into Ukraine -- Reuters
Donetsk Is Neither Grozny Nor Stalingrad -- Mark Galeotti, Moscow Times
What Life Is Like in Ukraine's Rebel-Held City of Donetsk (Photo Gallery) -- Mashable