Ukraine regains control of border with Russia (Acting defence minister)

KIEV - Ukrainian forces have restored control of the border with Russia and can now prevent military equipment being brought across the frontier to support pro-Russian separatists, acting Defence Minister Mykhailo Koval said on Friday.

"Our forces have completed the encirclement of the problem region and restored the state border of Ukraine. 


Last week we fully closed off the possibility of any military equipment being brought in from the Russian Federation," Koval told parliament.  
REUTERS
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20/6/14
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• Russia will tightly suppress state border violation by Ukrainian military, Russia’s permanent envoy at the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Andrei Kelin said on Friday.

“We’re registering facts of violation of the Russian border by Ukrainian armed forces,” Kelin told an OSCE session. The text of his speech was posted on the Russian Foreign Ministry’s website on Friday.

“If the Ukrainian side continues violating the state border regime, all the necessary measures will be taken to tightly suppress such instances,” Russia’s OSCE envoy said.

“The Kiev authorities’ inaction during an assault on the Russian embassy is simply outrageous,” Kelin said................http://en.itar-tass.com/world/736963
20/6/14
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