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Ukraine Plays Down Significance of Destruction of Russian Military Convoy Sunday August 17 th , 2014  at  9:57 AM 1 Share Updated Aug. 16, 2014 6:03 p.m. ET Russian military vehicles drive along the road outside Kamensk-Shakhtinsky, Russia, on Saturday. Reuters Ukraine and Russia on Saturday appeared to be seeking to avoid a broader confrontation in the wake of Kiev's claim it  destroyed most of a Russian military convoy  that entered its territory, as the European Union  intensified its efforts to bring the two countries to the negotiating table. Col. Andriy Lysenko, the Ukrainian government's security spokesman, said Saturday that Ukrainian artillery had destroyed most of a Russian column of military vehicles that entered the country earlier in the week. But he described the episode as a commonplace incident, refused to release further details and gave no indication that it marked the start of a more direct military engagemen