U.S. Says Russia Set to Supply New Arms to Ukraine Rebels

The U.S. said there are signs Russia is planning to supply heavier weapons to rebels in east Ukraine, as Russia and Ukraine traded accusations of cross-border shelling.

“We have indications the Russians intend to move large-caliber weapons to the separatists,” U.S. Defense Department spokesman Steve Warren told reporters at the Pentagon yesterday. Deliveries of arms such as multiple-launch rocket systems are “imminent” as part of a “continuing flow” of weapons to the pro-Russian rebels, he said. Russia’s Foreign Ministry said it had no comment on Warren’s statement.