Russia continues its full-blown support of its proxy forces in eastern Ukraine

Press secretary of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry Dmytro Hutsuliak has said Donbas militants have crossed into Russia to receive more motor and armored vehicles. According to the press secretary, "Russia continues its full-blown support of the occupation forces".

"It is established that on Feb 18-19, 2017, militants from the separate motorized rifle regiments of the so-called '1st Army Corps' of the Russian occupation forces were sent to the Russian town of Kamensk-Shakhtinsky of Rostov region to get motor and armored vehicles," he told a Tuesday briefing, referring to the information of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense, an UNIAN correspondent reports.