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Russia - Google News NATO chief: Russia is behind Ukraine rocket attack - USA TODAY   12:59pm Russia - Google News NATO chief: Russia is behind Ukraine rocket attack - USA TODAY Today, January 26th 12:59pm Shared by  1  person Relatives of Alexander Demyanenko, a victim of Saturday's shelling, pour soil into his grave during funerals in Mariupol, Ukraine, on Jan. 26, 2015. (Photo: Evgeniy Maloletka, AP) NATO's chief said Monday that a weekend rocket attack in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol came from areas controlled by separatists who are receiving more equipment from Russia. "We condemn the sharp escalation of violence along the cease-fire line in eastern Ukraine by Russia-backed separatists. This comes at great human cost to civilians," Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said after a meeting of NATO ambassadors in Brussels. Stoltenberg spoke after Russian President Vladimir Putin accused NATO of pursuing