JOURNALISTS: We Just Saw Russian Military Vehicles Cross Into Ukraine

The Guardian's Moscow Correspondent Shaun Walker and the Telegraph's Roland Oliphant tweeted today that a column of armored personnel carriers (ACPs) and other Russian military vehicles have crossed over the Ukrainian border.

Vladimir Putin's government is sending a convoy of unmarked white trucks to Ukraine, and military vehicles had started traveling alongside a supposed Russian aid convoy earlier today.

Most of the fleet of more than 262 vehicles, including about 200 trucks carrying aid, stopped 15 miles from the border of Ukraine's rebel-held eastern region of Luhansk.

If these reports are correct, a separate military convoy has apparently continued into Ukraine.

Walker does not believe that the APCs constitute an invasion force. Instead, this movement of Russian forces into Ukraine is likely a continuation of an ongoing Russian policy along the border, where Moscow has constantly pushed the limits of Ukrainian sovereignty in its attempts to aid pro-Russian separatists inside the country.

Russia has continued to increase its military presence along the Ukrainian border despite international pressure. There are an estimated 20,000 Russian troops currently deployed along Ukraine's eastern border.

More to come.