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Militia say almost 100 Ukrainian armored vehicles spotted on contact line

"The movement of troops and equipment to the areas close to the frontline comes with the use of fraudulent maneuvers," says a spokesman of the self-proclaimed Donetsk republic
Ukrainian armored military vehicle  AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka
Ukrainian armored military vehicle
© AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka

MOSCOW, August 12. /TASS/. More than 90 tanks, artillery and armored vehicles of Ukraine’s Armed Forces have been moved towards the contact line in Donbas, the defense ministry spokesman of the self-proclaimed Donetsk republic said on Wednesday.

The movement of troops and equipment to the areas close to the frontline comes with the use of fraudulent maneuvers, Eduard Basurin told reporters citing intelligence data.

The vehicles were found in the villages of Kodema, Prohorovka, Nevelsky and Andreyevka.

This comes in violation of the February 12 Minsk agreements which envisage the pullout of all heavy weapons by both sides to equal distance with the aim of creating a security zone on at least 50 kilometers apart for artillery systems of 100 mm caliber or more.