Six armored vehicles army on Wednesday entered the eastern Ukrainian city , Slaviansk , with leading vehicle carrying the Russian flag .
A witness told the news agency that gunmen Reuterr combat uniform that looks like a Russian activist supporter sits at the top of each vehicle .
The vehicles pulled up outside the town hall occupied by the rebels .
Previous Russian President Vladimir Putin warned that the escalation of tensions could bring Ukraine on the verge of civil war , after the Kiev government sent troops to attack the pro - Russian separatists in the country 's eastern region .
" The Russian president reiterated that the rising tensions in the conflict that led to the country on the verge of civil war , " the Kremlin said in a statement on a telephone conversation between Putin and German Chancellor Angela Merkel .
But the two leaders " stressed the importance of " the four -party talks on Ukraine that involved top diplomats of Russia , the European Union , the United States and Ukraine on Thursday .
Ukraine deploying tanks into restive eastern region town on Tuesday ( 15/4 ) to quell the Moscow-backed separatist rebellion - a very dangerous operation which strongly criticized by the Kremlin but have the support of Washington.
Delivery of tanks and armored personnel carrier vehicles to Slavyansk is the loudest response Kiev Western-backed government against the hardline groups of the pro - Kremlin which has occupied 10 cities in the Ukraine region .
Russian President Vladimir Putin , warned that Ukraine is on the verge of civil war , after the Kiev government sent troops to attack the pro - Russian separatists in the country 's eastern region .
" The Russian president stressed that the increased tension in the conflict that brought the country to the verge of civil war , " the Kremlin said in a statement on a telephone conversation between Putin and German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday .
But the two leaders " stressed the importance of " the four -party talks are planned on Ukraine between the Russian diplomat , the EU , United States and Ukraine on Thursday.
Ukraine deploying dozens of tanks to Slavyansk city , in east Ukraine that turbulent , to crush the pro - Moscow separatist group . Industrial city of 100,000 souls was effectively under the control of armed separatists since Saturday .
Delivery of 20 tanks and armored personnel carriers to Slavyansk it is the loudest response Kiev Western-backed government against the hardline groups of the pro - Kremlin which has occupied 10 cities in the Ukraine region .
" They should be warned that if they do not lay their weapons , they will be destroyed , " said the head of the Ukrainian Security Service ( SBU ) General Vasyl Krutov told a group of reporters .
He asserted that the militants received the support of hundreds of soldiers of the Main Intelligence Directorate ( GRU ) is sent to Slavyansk and surrounding villages .
Ukrainian troops were also sent by helicopter to an airfield in southern Kramatorsk Slavyansk the interior ministry said were " freed " without victims .
But the pro - Russian activists Oleg Issanka told AFP that troops had opened fire, wounding two people .
The Kremlin statement calling the actions of the Ukrainian forces in eastern Ukraine as " anti - constitutional way to use military force against the protests are peaceful " .
Response Kiev to the uprising in the eastern region triggered Putin told UN Secretary General Ban Ki -moon that Moscow " expects hard braking of the United Nations and the international community for the actions of anti - constitutional " by the Ukraine .
Ban replied by stating he was very upset over the situation is very tense in eastern Ukraine " and told the Russian leader that everyone involved needs to be " trying to defuse the situation " , his office said .
But the White House called the Ukrainian military operations as a response to the uprising that led to the government being in the situation " untenable " .
The threat of major war extends to the eastern border of the European Union ang causing stock markets across Europe tumbled on Tuesday .
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