Ukraine regains control of border with Russia - defence minister

Reuters

20 June 2014 at 5:03 am

Acting Ukrainian Defence Minister Mykhailo Koval attends a NATO-Ukraine defence ministers meeting at the Alliance headquarters in Brussels June 3, 2014. REUTERS/John Thys/Pool

KIEV (Reuters) - 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. (Reporting by Pavel Polityuk; Writing By Richard Balmforth)