Ukrainian troops attack Russian military unit

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NATO on Friday said a Russian military column ventured overnight into Ukraine, and the Ukrainian president said his forces destroyed most of it. Russia denied all of this.

The Russian aid convoy set off from Moscow on Tuesday. Kiev and the West were suspicious that it would be a pretext for a Russian military intervention into eastern Ukraine.

It was not clear what Russia would gain by sending a military column while world attention was trained on its efforts to get the aid convoy into eastern Ukraine.

NATO secretary-general Anders Fogh Rasmussen also confirmed that Russian military vehicles had entered Ukraine, but he gave no specifics.

In Moscow, a spokesman for the Russian Defense Ministry insisted that no Russian military vehicles were destroyed because none had crossed into Ukraine. Yet Britain said it summoned Russian Ambassador Alexander Yakovenko in to clarify reports of the Russian incursion.

CCTV’s Kate Parkinson reports on the latest from Donetsk.

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More Ukraine coverage on CCTV America.

Ukrainian troops attack Russian military unit

There could be major military escalation in Ukraine after Ukrainian troops attacked a Russian military unit crossed into the country. The Russian convoy of more than 250 trucks remains parked on the Russian side of the border.

A Russian aid convoy may be stuck on the Russian side of the border for days, and people fleeing eastern Ukraine continue to arrive in Russia.
CCTV’s Tom Barton reports.

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Russian convoy stays put as people flee to the country from Ukraine

A Russian aid convoy may be stuck on the Russian side of the border for days, and people fleeing eastern Ukraine continue to arrive in Russia. CCTV's Tom Barton reports.

For more on the situation in Ukraine, CCTV America was joined by James Jatras, a foreign relations analyst and the Deputy Director at the American Institute in Ukraine.

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Foreign relations analyst on Ukraine crisis

For more on the situation in Ukraine, CCTV America was joined by James Jatras, a foreign relations analyst and the Deputy Director at the American Institute in Ukraine.

Report compiled with information from The Associated Press.