30 Apr 2014 13:03

Ukrainian armed forces put on alert - acting President Turchynov

KYIV. April 30 (Interfax) - The Ukrainian armed forces have been put on combat alert, Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada Chairman and interim President Oleksandr Turchynov said.

"I am once again addressing the real danger of the start of a continental war against Ukraine by the Russian Federation. Our armed forces have been put on full combat alert," Turchynov said at a conference with the heads of regional administrations in Kyiv on Wednesday.