Poroshenko orders putting Ukrainian military units on border with Crimea and in Donbas on alert

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has ordered that all units of Ukrainian security services stationed near the border of the Kherson region and near the border with Crimea be put on alert.

"I held a session with the heads of security structures and the Foreign Ministry. I ordered that all units in districts near the administrative border with the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and along the entire contact line in Donbas be put on alert," Poroshenko said on his Twitter account on Thursday.