Ukraine Fortifies Russian Border as Death Toll Climbs
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Ukraine said it’s deploying heavy weaponry and armored vehicles to strengthen its border with Russia and halt an influx of fighters after skirmishes with separatists claimed another dozen lives.
Government troops are starting to close the border with Russia in the easternmost Luhansk region, after driving the biggest rebel groups out of the northern part of neighboring Donetsk, acting President Oleksandr Turchynov said in a statement. Authorities are also moving personnel and equipment to the southwestern frontier with Transnistria, the breakaway Moldovan region where hundreds of Russian troops are stationed, according to State Border Service chief Mykola Lytvyn.