Separatists backed by Russian soldiers have entered the town of Novoazovsk in southeastern Ukraine, a pro-government militia fighter said on Thursday. A military source said the separatist forces had also taken Savur-Mohyla, a hill east of Donetsk which gives strategic command over large areas of the territory. The sudden reverses for the Ukrainian military appeared to confirm the arrival of Russian forces to support the separatists, who have in recent weeks been under pressure from government forces in their strongholds of Donetsk and Luhansk, the east’s two main cities. “There is military equipment in Novoazovsk which came across the border two days ago from Russia,” the fighter, from the so-called Azov battalion which supports the Ukrainian army, told Reuters by telephone. “The equipment is carrying the flags of the DNR (Donetsk People’s Republic) rebels but they are regular Russian forces,” the fighter who did not wish […]