Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko said on Nov. 4 he had ordered his military chiefs to send in new army units to protect cities in the east and southeast from possible attack by Russian-backed separatists, Interfax news agency said.
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Reuters: Poroshenko orders extra army units to protect cities from possible assault
Servicemen of Ukrainian border guard stand guard at the Goptivka border crossing on the Urkainian-Russian border, north of Kharkiv, eastern Ukraine, on Oct. 15, 2014.