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OSCE head Paul Picard says mission has not seen any weapons crossing between the countries on Russian-Ukrainian border
OSCE head Paul Picard says mission has not seen any weapons crossing between the countries on Russian-Ukrainian border
"We have not seen any weapons. There was a question of whether we saw military vehicles crossing the border. Yesterday at two [border crossing] points we didn't see any military vehicles crossing the border," Paul Picard said at a briefing.
On August 15, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko claimed Ukrainian artillery destroyed Russian military hardware that had allegedly crossed into Ukraine at night.
The announcement came soon after a number of foreign news agencies reported that a convoy of military vehicles with Russian license plates crossed into Ukraine via the Izvarino border checkpoint.
The Russian Defense Ministry refuted the allegations, calling the claims a 'fantasy' that is not worth discussing. The Russian Border Guard Service also stressed that the reports are not based on reality and explained that cross-border regions were indeed being patrolled by mobile teams of border guards, but only on the Russian side of the border.
On August 17, the Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) working in Ukraine under the auspice of the OSCE also could not confirm the reports of Russian military convoys crossing the Ukrainian border.
On August 18, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that Moscow supports the idea of equipping the OSCE monitoring mission with unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to improve monitoring of the border
Kiev launched a special operation in eastern Ukraine in mid-April to suppress independence supporters who refused to recognize the legitimacy of the new authorities. Moscow has repeatedly urged Ukrainian authorities to immediately stop the punitive operation and seek a peaceful resolution to the conflict.
Notice how they are deliberately sitting back? Playing their cards well? Meanwhile yankee boys keep spitting out shit and pointing their fingers? Its actually kind of amusing in that respect only, the aid is needed badly regardless of whatever lies are made to prevent it.
You give me graphics software and a nice satellite view and within an hour I can have a rough draft of a video of a Russian missle launcher making a break for the border. Cake! I'll even match the resolution breakdown (if present) in order to make it appear authentic.