Ukraine Separatist Leader Says Rebels Getting Tanks And Reinforcements -- Reuters
(Reuters) - Ukrainian rebels are receiving new armoured vehicles and fighters trained in Russia, with which they plan to launch a major counter-offensive against government forces, a separatist leader said in a video released on Saturday.
The four-month conflict in eastern Ukraine has reached a critical phase, with Kiev and Western governments watching nervously to see if Russia will intervene in support of the increasingly besieged rebels - an intention Moscow denies.
Alexander Zakharchenko, prime minister of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic, said the rebels were in the process of receiving some 150 armoured vehicles, including 30 tanks, and 1,200 fighters who he said had spent four months training in Russia.
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My Comment: He has to boost the morale of his forces .... they are outnumbered 3:1 and are now facing an onslaught of Ukrainian armor/artillery/ground forces/and air strikes. As to these "reinforcements" .... I am willing to bet that it was the convoy that was observed going into Ukraine from Russia on Thursday.
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One thing yesterday that shocked me was that a right sector leader gave Poroshenko an ultimatum, that was to releashe all member that are in custody and arrest all the people ordering their arrest if Poroshenko dident do this then he would gather all right sector members that are in the ATO and march on Kiev. Is this of importance? Since on : http://liveuamap.com/e/2014/17-of-august-right-sector-yarosh-canceled-the-ultimatum-and-march?ll=48.049398470606;37.696151733398&zoom=8 it stood that the leader canceled the march, does that mean that the ultimatum was acsepted or somthing else=
Right Sector does not have a lot of support .... but their small numbers are very active. As to their ultimatum .... I doubt that Poroshenko would agree to their demands .... he is not a person who listens to others.
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