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The West continues to accuse Russia of sending troops across the border to aid separatists holding out in Donetsk and Luhansk while President Putin compares the siege of these two cities to the siege of Leningrad in WWII. The rhetoric is getting very hot, and the German Foreign Minister has warned that the situation is slipping out of control. A direct military confrontation between Ukraine and Russia could occur if border infringements do not stop. EU leaders are meeting on Saturday to consider more sanctions against the Russian economy in response to the presence of Russian soldiers inside Ukraine. NATO released a satellite image that allegedly shows Russian self-propelled artillery inside Ukraine; the Kiev government has applied for membership in the western military alliance. Western observers say the rebels opening another front along the coast of the Sea of Azov and the capture of Novoazovsk was made possible by the arrival of Russian troops.
Russia continues to deny it is violating Ukraine's sovereignty. Around 2500 people have been killed in the fighting in eastern Ukraine,
or "Novorossiya" as Putin sees it, according to the BBC.
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