(VOVworld) - Ukraine's armed forces have been put on full combat alert. The Ukrainian acting president Oleksandr Turchynov announced Wednesday that he made the order in response to the threat of a Russian invasion.

Military drills will also be held in the capital city of Kiev on Thursday. Turchinov admitted that Kiev simply cannot get the situation in the rebellious eastern regions under control. The national government has failed to prevent the continued seizures of buildings there and some other eastern regions of Ukraine.