On August 2014 town of Novoazovsk on Ukrainian – Russian border in Donetsk region was captured by the Russian troops. The number of clearly identified Russian invading troops is increasing.
Due to military intervention of Russian troops into Ukrainian territory, President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko cancelled his visit to the Republic of Turkey.
Petro Poroshenko informs that the National Security and Defense Council meeting will be convened today to elaborate further plan of actions.
Ukraine urgently initiates the meeting of the UN Security Council aimed at assessment of the situation with the military intervention of Russian troops into Ukrainian territory.
According to the President Poroshenko, Ukraine will appeal to European partners with a request to convene an emergency meeting of the Council of the European Union.
Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk has asked the EU member countries, the United States and the Group of Seven states to increase pressure on Russia due to its military aggression against Ukraine, freeze all Russian assets and stop all banking transactions by Russia.