Ukraine’s president has ordered the disarming of “illegal groups.” Petro Poroshenko made the call after a weekend standoff between a far right group and police in the west of the country. <br /><br /> In a statement, he seemed to refer to the nationalist group Right Sector (Pravy Sektor) which played a big part in protests that toppled former president Viktor Yanukovich last year.<br /><br /> “It’s a discreditation of the real Ukrainian patriots,” said Poroshenko. “No political force should have and will not have any kind of armed cells.”<br /><br /> Right Sector says it has to protect Ukraine from “outside forces,” mainly Russia, trying to destabilise the country.<br /><br /> Officials have questioned the need for weapons thousands of kilometers from the country’s battle zone in the east. <br /><br /> Hungary and Slovakia have increased security on the EU border with neighbouring Ukraine.
