Ukraine accuses Russia of sending dozens of tanks into its territory

Greg Botelho, CNN
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Updated 6:55 PM EST, Fri November 7, 2014
Pro-Russian rebels fire artillery Tuesday, October 14, at Donetsk Sergey Prokofiev International Airport, which is on the outskirts of Donetsk, Ukraine. Fighting between Ukrainian troops and pro-Russian rebels in the country has left more than 3,000 people dead since mid-April, according to the United Nations.
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Pro-Russian rebels fire artillery Tuesday, October 14, at Donetsk Sergey Prokofiev International Airport, which is on the outskirts of Donetsk, Ukraine. Fighting between Ukrainian troops and pro-Russian rebels in the country has left more than 3,000 people dead since mid-April, according to the United Nations.
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Smoke rises behind the train station in Donetsk, Ukraine, during an artillery battle between pro-Russian rebels and Ukrainian government forces on Sunday, October 12.
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Smoke rises behind the train station in Donetsk, Ukraine, during an artillery battle between pro-Russian rebels and Ukrainian government forces on Sunday, October 12.
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Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, center, inspects Ukrainian army positions close to Donetsk on Friday, October 10.
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Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, center, inspects Ukrainian army positions close to Donetsk on Friday, October 10.
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The main terminal of Donetsk Sergey Prokofiev International Airport is hit by shelling during fighting between pro-Russian rebels and Ukrainian forces on Wednesday, October 8.
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The main terminal of Donetsk Sergey Prokofiev International Airport is hit by shelling during fighting between pro-Russian rebels and Ukrainian forces on Wednesday, October 8.
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Pro-Russian rebels fire mortars toward Ukrainian positions near to the Donetsk airport on October 8.
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Pro-Russian rebels fire mortars toward Ukrainian positions near to the Donetsk airport on October 8.
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A pro-Russian rebel walks past a burning house after shelling in the town of Donetsk, Ukraine, on Sunday, October 5.
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A pro-Russian rebel walks past a burning house after shelling in the town of Donetsk, Ukraine, on Sunday, October 5.
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An Ukrainian sniper aims his weapon at a checkpoint near Popasna, Ukraine, on Thursday, October 2.
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An Ukrainian sniper aims his weapon at a checkpoint near Popasna, Ukraine, on Thursday, October 2.
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Smoke rises from the area near the Donetsk airport after heavy shelling on October 2.
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Smoke rises from the area near the Donetsk airport after heavy shelling on October 2.
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An injured man is transported at a hospital after shelling in Donetsk on Wednesday, October 1.
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An injured man is transported at a hospital after shelling in Donetsk on Wednesday, October 1.
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A woman injured at a bus station cries at a Donetsk hospital on October 1.
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A woman injured at a bus station cries at a Donetsk hospital on October 1.
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A pro-Russian rebel guards a damaged school in Donetsk on October 1.
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A pro-Russian rebel guards a damaged school in Donetsk on October 1.
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Ukrainian servicemen patrol in the Donetsk region on Friday, September 26.
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Ukrainian servicemen patrol in the Donetsk region on Friday, September 26.
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A pro-Russian rebel guards a destroyed bridge in Nyzhnya Krynka, Ukraine, on Tuesday, September 23.
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A pro-Russian rebel guards a destroyed bridge in Nyzhnya Krynka, Ukraine, on Tuesday, September 23.
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Residents clean up debris at a building damaged by rockets in Debaltseve, Ukraine, on Monday, September 22.
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Residents clean up debris at a building damaged by rockets in Debaltseve, Ukraine, on Monday, September 22.
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A firefighter checks out a damaged office building after shelling in Donetsk on Sunday, September 21.
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A firefighter checks out a damaged office building after shelling in Donetsk on Sunday, September 21.
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A Ukrainian soldier guards pro-Russian rebels during a prisoner exchange near Donetsk on September 21.
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A Ukrainian soldier guards pro-Russian rebels during a prisoner exchange near Donetsk on September 21.
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Members of the Ukrainian military, held as prisoners of war, sit in a bus waiting to be exchanged near Donetsk on Saturday, September 20.
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Members of the Ukrainian military, held as prisoners of war, sit in a bus waiting to be exchanged near Donetsk on Saturday, September 20.
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Smoke rises after an explosion at a weapons factory controlled by pro-Russian rebels near Donetsk on September 20. The cause of the explosion was not immediately known.
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Smoke rises after an explosion at a weapons factory controlled by pro-Russian rebels near Donetsk on September 20. The cause of the explosion was not immediately known.
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A Ukrainian helicopter patrols an area near Donetsk on September 20.
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A Ukrainian helicopter patrols an area near Donetsk on September 20.
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A firefighter walks past the rubble of a building destroyed by shelling in Donetsk on Wednesday, September 17.
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A firefighter walks past the rubble of a building destroyed by shelling in Donetsk on Wednesday, September 17.
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A protester holds a smoke bomb during a demonstration outside the Presidential Palace in Kiev, Ukraine, on September 17. Activists protested the adoption of legislation giving greater autonomy to rebel-held parts of eastern Ukraine's Donetsk and Luhansk regions.
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A protester holds a smoke bomb during a demonstration outside the Presidential Palace in Kiev, Ukraine, on September 17. Activists protested the adoption of legislation giving greater autonomy to rebel-held parts of eastern Ukraine's Donetsk and Luhansk regions.
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A man covers the body of his mother, who was killed on a bus during a battle in Donetsk on Tuesday, September 16.
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A man covers the body of his mother, who was killed on a bus during a battle in Donetsk on Tuesday, September 16.
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People walk through a market Monday, September 15, in the Kievsky district of Donetsk.
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People walk through a market Monday, September 15, in the Kievsky district of Donetsk.
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Smoke rises around the Donetsk International Airport on Saturday, September 13, as shelling continues between pro-Russian rebels and the Ukrainian army.
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Smoke rises around the Donetsk International Airport on Saturday, September 13, as shelling continues between pro-Russian rebels and the Ukrainian army.
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A Ukrainian soldier stands guard as residents rally in support of a united Ukraine in the southern Ukrainian city of Mariupol on September 13.
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A Ukrainian soldier stands guard as residents rally in support of a united Ukraine in the southern Ukrainian city of Mariupol on September 13.
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Russian trucks, flying Russian flags and carrying humanitarian aid for eastern Ukraine, line up at a border checkpoint in Donetsk on September 13.
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Russian trucks, flying Russian flags and carrying humanitarian aid for eastern Ukraine, line up at a border checkpoint in Donetsk on September 13.
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