TEMPO.CO, Kiev - Russian fighter jets entered the southwestern Kranodar region, close to Ukrainian territory on Thursday, April 24, 2014. Russia claimed that the Sukhoi-25 fighter jets were conducting combat exercise.
Kremlin ordered its military to initiate combat exercises in Ukrainian territory after the Kiev government announed that its troops had killed five terrorists in operations to take back the pro-Russian stronghold of Slovyansk.
NATO estimated that Russia has also deployed up to 40,000 troops to the border areas.
An amateur video published on Thursday showed a large Russian military convoy moving into the town of Novoshakhtinsk. The footage also shows numerous military trucks, followed by tanks and armored personnel carriers moving on a highway.
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