Ukraine President Tells Cabinet to Consider 'Temporarily' Closing Russia Border

Kiev: President Petro Poroshenko issued a decree on Thursday instructing his government to consider temporarily closing Ukraine's eastern border with Russia to help halt its "intervention" in the ex-Soviet state's affairs.

The decree published on the presidential website orders the government "to settle the issue of temporary closing checkpoints on Ukraine's state border with the Russian Federation to cars, sea and pedestrian traffic."

Mr Poroshenko's decree said it was issued "in connection with the continued intervention of the Russian Federation in Ukraine's internal affairs.