The Ukrainian border guards did not use weapons during the events at the Shehyni checkpoint, where former Georgian President, ex-governor of Odesa region Mikheil Saakashvili and his supporters crossed the border, as they received an order in advance not to use force, as a peaceful action had been planned, Ukrainian State Border Service head's assistant Oleh Slobodian said.

"Journalists ask why the border guards did not use weapons. My reply: the border guards were ordered not to use weapons and physical means, because the rally was "peaceful," Slobodian wrote on his Facebook page.