A member of the Ukrainian national guard takes position outside the parliament during military exercises in the center of Kiev early on Friday. Ukraine’s armed forces are on “full combat alert” against a possible Russian invasion, Kiev said, as authorities admitted they were “helpless” to prevent pro-Kremlin insurgents tightening their grip on the increasingly chaotic east of the country. AFP PHOTO
A member of the Ukrainian national guard takes position outside the parliament during military exercises in the center of Kiev early on Friday. Ukraine’s armed forces are on “full combat alert” against a possible Russian invasion, Kiev said, as authorities admitted they were “helpless” to prevent pro-Kremlin insurgents tightening their grip on the increasingly chaotic east of the country. AFP PHOTO

KIEV: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has thrown a $17-billion lifeline to recession-wracked Ukraine, whose president has admitted that authorities are powerless to prevent pro-Russian militants over-running the east of the country.

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