Ukraine bids to form national guard to 'defend country against aggression'

Ukraine’s acting president has called for the formation of a national guard and for the mobilisation of reserves and volunteers into the country’s armed forces in order to counter Russian military aggression.

Oleksandr Turchynov asked the national parliament today to approve a decision to turn the country’s interior ministry troops into a national guard whose aim “is to defend the country and citizens against any criminals, against external and internal aggression”.