MOSCOW - The Russian army is not present in eastern Ukraine, Interfax news agency quoted a defense ministry spokesman as saying on Nov. 12 in response to NATO accusations that military convoys have been crossing from Russia into Ukraine in the past few days.
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A board advertises to join the pro-Russian rebels on a main street near Donetsk on Nov. 11, 2014.