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Ukrainian border guards will be deployed along the perimeter of the Donbas territories with a special status, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has said.

“In addition to building a defense line along the administrative border, there will be a special zone accommodating border guards amongst others. The relevant engineering, technical and normative groundwork is being laid,” Poroshenko said in an interview with Ukrainian television channels aired on Sept. 21 night.

He said this was being done to prevent the spread of the conflict to other parts of Ukraine’s territory.