Ukraine on Thursday for the Russian troops practically had the entire border with Russia, and there was a fierce battle in the Sumy, Kharkiv, Kherson, Odessa area and at the military airport near Kyiv, a counselor said to the President’s Office.
Ukrainian officials said they were afraid that Russian forces could become air down to the country and then tried to penetrate the government district in Kyiv.
Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) said Ukrainian border guards had left all facilities at the Russian-Ukrainian border, the Interfax news agency reported.