Border guards have detained 19 vehicles carrying food to the self-proclaimed republics along the division line, the press service for the Ukrainian State Border Guard Service has reported.

The report states that the border guards have detained 15 trucks and four mini buses registered in Ukraine, which were carrying food to the self-proclaimed republics without the appropriate documents.

The report also states that the border guards managed to make two of the vehicles stop only after firing warning shots using Kalashnikov guns.