Two convoys of military equipment heading towards Donetsk - Reuters witness

FILE PHOTO: A woman walks past a damaged shop in the rebel-controlled city of Donetsk, Ukraine February 5, 2022. Picture taken February 5, 2022. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko/File Photo

DONETSK, Ukraine (Reuters) - Two separate convoys of military equipment with no identifiable insignia were moving towards the city of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine along different roads from the direction of the Russian border, a Reuters witness reported on Wednesday.

One convoy included nine tanks and an infantry fighting vehicle, while the other was made up of trucks and fuel tankers, said the reporter, who was in the territory of two Russia-backed rebel regions recognised as independent by Moscow on Monday.