Berlin Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday ordered troops to be sent to eastern Ukraine. According to a decree signed by the head of the Kremlin in Moscow on Tuesday night, the units are to ensure peace in the “Luhansk and Donetsk People’s Republics”, which Moscow now recognizes as independent states.
According to reports on social media, Russian troops crossed the border into Ukraine just before midnight Central European Time. According to the Interfax news agency, “a large number of armored vehicles” were sighted in the territory of the self-declared Donetsk People’s Republic. Tanks are also said to have been sighted in Donetsk, reports the Reuters news agency.
A Reuters reporter reported that the tank columns had no identification marks. In the days leading up to the invasion, pictures were already circulating showing unmarked Russian military equipment on the Ukrainian border.
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