The United States says the Russian military has poured massive amounts of weapons this week into eastern Ukraine inviolation of the spirit of Thursday's peace agreement. In Washington, State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki says Russia has deployed an air defence system at Debaltseve, among other weapons. "The Russian military has deployed a large amount of artillery and multiple rocket launcher systems around Debaltseve, where it is shelling Ukrainian positions," she says, citing US intelligence. "Weare confident that these are Russian military, not separatist systems. " She calls for the immediate release of Ukrainian pilot Nadezhda Savchenko, saying that in the US view, Thursday's agreement includes her release.
