The Ukrainians said Russian soldiers seized apartments of some of the guard and forced them and their families out in the middle of the night, the ITV reported Saturday.
"Aggressive Russian troops stormed and seized a unit of the border service at Shcholkine and ousted the families of the Ukrainian borders guards," the Ukrainian border service said in a statement.
"Russian armed servicemen rushed into the unit overnight. During the attack, they beat a duty officer who tried to resist and seized a weapons storage room."