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Russian troops in Ukraine
Russian troops in Ukraine, Ukraine\'s President Petro Poroshenko scrapped a visit to Turkey on Thursday and convened a top security meeting after claiming Russian troops have been sent into Ukraine.
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Kiev: Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko scrapped a visit to Turkey on Thursday and convened a top security meeting after claiming Russian troops have been sent into Ukraine.
His announcement came as pro-Russia rebels took the coast town of Novoazovsk and threatened the strategic port city of Mariupol. "I have taken the decision to cancel the visit to Turkey due to the sharp deterioration of the situation in the Donetsk region, particularly in Amvrosiyivka and Starobesheve, as Russian troops have been sent into Ukraine," Poroshenko said in a statement.
Poroshenko said he was urgently convening a meeting of the top National Security and Defence Council. "The place for the president today is in Kiev," said Poroshenko, who was due to attend the inauguration of Turkey's president elect.
Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Poroshenko also called for urgent meetings of the UN Security Council and EU to discuss the crisis.
Russia said no forces were crossing Ukraine's border "at any point". At least 2,119 people have been killed since fighting erupted in April between Ukrainian forces and separatists. The latest rebel successes constitute the opening of a new front in the conflict.Meanwhile Prime Minister Arseny Yatsenyuk said Russia had "unleashed a war in Europe" and said the world should take "effective steps". Ukrainian prime minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk: "Russian military boots are on Ukrainian ground'
A Nato official said he believed there were more than 1,000 Russian troops operating inside Ukraine, both supporting the separatists and fighting on their side.
But Russia's envoy at the Organisation for Cooperation and Security in Europe (OSCE), Andrey Kelin, denied there were any Russian troops. Government forces had made significant advances against the separatists in recent weeks, but these gains seem in doubt with rebels now operating in two distinct areas of Donetsk region. Ukrainian officials have repeatedly said that Russia has been sending troops and equipment to the rebels, but Russia has denied arming or covertly supporting them. Separatist leader Alexander Zakharchenko told Russian TV that 3-4,000 Russian citizens were fighting in their ranks.
