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Russia has already received around 4, 000 Ukrainian refugees, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said Thursday.
"People are frightened, scared. At the same time, the Ukrainian government fails to notice a humanitarian problem, says there are no refugees. It's lies and it's sad to hear it," he said.
Ukraine's State Border Service published a statement Thursday, claiming that no citizen of Ukraine has expressed a desire to apply for refugee status in Russia on the border of the two countries, the Ukrainian News Agency reported Thursday.
The situation is in extraordinary emergency, the prime minister stressed.
He also said the Group of Seven's claim on "Ukraine's army measured actions against its people" is cynical, according to RIA Novosti news agency.
The G7 communique released Thursday encouraged the Ukrainian authorities to maintain "a measured approach in pursuing operations to restore law and order."
Russia and Ukraine have been exchanging fire over humanitarian issues. Russia insisted on an increasing refugee inflow at the border of the two countries, while Kiev reiterated that it had no humanitarian problems and accused Moscow of inciting unrest in its southeastern regions.
