Kiev Helpless To Quell Parts Of Eastern Ukraine

Mr. Turchynov  said the goal was now to prevent the unrest from spreading , activists have seized scores of government buildings and taken hostages including international monitors

Mr.Turchynov also said Ukraine was on "full combat alert" ,

amid fears Russian troops could invade

"I would like to say frankly that at the moment the security structures are unable to swiftly take the situation in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions back under control" he said during a meeting with regional governors

He admitted security personnel "tasked with the protection of citizens" adding "more than that , some of these units either aid or co operate with terrorist groups"

"Our task is to stop the spread of the terrorist threat , first of all in the Kharkin and Odessa regions"

The acting President said that the tens of thousands of Russsian troops stationed just over the border meant that the threat of Russia started a war against mainland Ukraine is real