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.

So @RolandOliphant and I just saw a column of APCs and vehicles with official Russian military plates cross border into Ukraine.

- Shaun Walker (@shaunwalker7) August 14, 2014

Erm ok so this isn't humanitarian aid. Column of over 20 APCs, 10km from the Ukraine border, and heading closer pic.twitter.com/OMvJmHzsx1

- Shaun Walker (@shaunwalker7) August 14, 2014

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.

To clarify. APC column separate to humanitarian convoy, which has halted. Is moving V close to border. But not size of proper invasion force

- Shaun Walker (@shaunwalker7) August 14, 2014

Didn't even turn off their headlights. Saw Russian military plates on support vehicles, but no markings I could make out on APCs.

- Roland Oliphant (@RolandOliphant) August 14, 2014

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.

NB I don't think this was "the invasion" proper. This is probably what has been happening for a while. Extraordinary to see it though.

- Shaun Walker (@shaunwalker7) August 14, 2014

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.