A woman in Kiev adds a candle to an impromptu memorial for the victims of rocket attacks on Mariupol, which killed dozens of people on January 24 |
NATO's chief said Monday that a weekend rocket attack in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol came from areas controlled by separatists who are receiving more equipment from Russia.
"We condemn the sharp escalation of violence along the cease-fire line in eastern Ukraine by Russia-backed separatists. This comes at great human cost to civilians," Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said after a meeting of NATO ambassadors in Brussels.
Relatives of Alexander Demyanenko, a victim of Saturday's shelling, pour soil into his grave during funerals in Mariupol, Ukraine, on Jan. 26, 2015.(Photo: Evgeniy Maloletka, AP) |
Stoltenberg spoke after Russian President Vladimir Putin accused NATO of pursuing its own interests in Ukraine and using civilians as "cannon fodder."
The rocket attack Saturday killed 30 people and injured about 100. Stoltenberg said it occurred after Russia supplied the separatists with rocket systems, tanks, armored vehicles and electronic surveillance systems.
Mariupol is a strategic port city on the Black Sea that is still controlled by Ukrainian forces. If captured by separatists, it would give them a land corridor to Russia-controlled Crimea. The city had been relatively quiet for months before Saturday's attack.Read the rest of the story HERE and view a related video below:
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