November 21, 2017 (112 International)
Russia-made armoured vehicles crossed the militant-held section of Ukraine’s
state border late night Nov. 21 and entered Luhansk; it took place on Krasnodon district of
Luhansk region, where Ukraine’s border guards have no access to the border
line.
Users of social networks uploaded
videos with Russian tanks on the city’s streets on Tuesday – the same day when
well-armed masked fighters appeared in Luhansk.
Given the unstable situation in
Luhansk, President Petro Poroshenko called the urgent session of the National
Security and Defence Council. ‘The Ukrainian Armed Forces are ready for any
scenario and ready to protect peaceful civilians – in the view of the growing
number of Russian troops and the recent activity of pro-Kremlin mercenaries,’
he said.
As 112 International reported, Interior Ministry of the
self-proclaimed Luhansk People’s Republic claimed detention of Ukrainian
saboteurs; they allegedly ‘infiltrated the territory of the LPR
and planned terrorist acts’ there.
However, it appeared to be a serious
internal face-off: local users of social networks reported presence of well-armed men
without insignia in the downtown Luhansk; “the little green men” they name them – after the Russian troops,
which annexed Ukrainian Crimea in 2014. The ‘guests’ arrived and occupied the
city center so fast many locals did not even understand what was going on. Some
even assumed these could be the disguised ‘Ukrainian troops’.
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