It was the most intense combat in the region since a barely-observed cease-fire was signed in September.
The boom of shelling rumbled on mid-morning on the edge of Donetsk, where government forces are facing off against insurgent fighters, but was less intense than overnight when heavy mortar fire was heard close to the centre for around two hours, an AFP journalist reported.
An AFP crew saw a convoy of 20 military vehicles and 14 howitzer cannons without number plates or markings driving through the rebel town of Makiivka in the direction of the nearby frontline around Donetsk, where Ukrainian troops are struggling to maintain a scrap of control.
The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) voiced concern Saturday after its monitors witnessed unmarked columns of tanks and troop carriers moving through east Ukraine in territory held by pro-Russia separatists.
The OSCE report came a day after Ukraine's military said a large convoy of tanks and other heavy weapons entered the country from Russia across a section of border that has fallen under the control of rebel fighters.
Russia denies being involved in the fighting in the east.
However, it openly gives the rebels political and humanitarian backing and it is not clear how the insurgents could themselves have access to so much sophisticated and well-maintained weaponry............AFP................http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/890945.shtml
9/11/14
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