Ukraine claims new Russian incursion

The Ukrainian military said yesterday that more Russian soldiers had crossed the border into eastern Ukraine, entering the small town of Amvrosiyivka in five armoured infantry carriers and a truck.

The report of a further cross-border incursion by Russian troops followed the capture by Ukrainian government forces of a group of Russian paratroopers in roughly the same area.

Moscow said the captured troops had strayed into Ukraine by mistake, but Kiev said they had been on a “special mission” linked to the pro-Russian separatist rebellions in the east.