==== Optrapningen i november 2014 ====
Den 7. november bekræftede embedsmænd fra NATO, at invasion af Ukraine forsat pågik, idet 32 russiske kampvogne, 16 [[haubits]]kanoner og 30 lastbiler med tropper var gået ind i Ukraine.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.sky.com/story/1368812/russia-sends-dozens-of-tanks-into-ukraine|title=Russia Sends Dozens Of Tanks Into Ukraine|website=Sky News|date=7. november 2014|access-date=8. november 2014}}</ref> Den 12. november gentog NATO sin besked om russisk troppeopbygning; den amerikanske general Philip Breedlove sagde, at "russiske kampvogne, russisk artilleri, russiske luftforsvarssystemer og russiske kamptropper" var blev observeret.<ref name="BBC News"/> Den litauiske delegation til FN fordømte Ruslands 'ikke-erklæret krig' mod Ukraine.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://un.mfa.lt/index.php?1440223596|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141113031148/https://un.mfa.lt/index.php?1440223596|archive-date=13. november 2014|title=Lithuania's statement at the UN Security Council briefing on Ukraine|website=Permanent Mission of the Republic of Lithuania to UN in New York|date=13. november 2014|access-date=21. november 2013}}</ref> Journalisten Menahem Kahana tog et billede, der viste et 1RL232 "Leopard" overvågningsradarsystem i Torez, øst for Donetsk; og den hollandske freelancejournalist Stefan Huijboom tog billeder, som viste 1RL232'eren være ledsaget af 1RL239 "Lynx" radarsystemer.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://foreignpolicy.com/articles/2014/11/13/russian_tanks_ukraine_battlefield_radar_reinforcements_putin_donetsk|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141114002023/https://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2014/11/13/russian_tanks_ukraine_battlefield_radar_reinforcements_putin_donetsk|archive-date=14. november 2014|title=Putin Sends His 'Leopard' to the Battlefield of Eastern Ukraine|website=Foreign Policy}}</ref>
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