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 The forceful operation in eastern Ukraine will be held in several stages and one stage was completed on April 24, National Security and Defense Council Deputy Secretary Viktoria Siumar said. "The counter-terrorism operation will continue. It will be carried out in several stages. We can not announce these stages. Today one of such active stages was. It fulfilled its task," Siumar said on air of the Hromadske TV on Thursday, the Ukrainska Pravda newspaper reported.

 It is hoped that drills of the Russian army announced are indeed drills, Siumar said. “We are also ready to offer resistance in case of aggression,” she said.

Acting Ukrainian President Oleksandr Turchynov is currently holding a meeting with law enforcement authorities, at which the situation at the border, readiness of the Armed Forces and further plans regard the counter-terrorism operation are being discussed, Siumar said.