Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko says Russian troops have entered the country in support of pro-Moscow separatists.
He has cancelled a working trip to Turkey and called an emergency meeting of Ukraine's security and defence council.
Mr Poroshenko said it followed "the rapidly deteriorating situation in Donetsk region, in particular in Amvrosiyivka and Starobesheve, as Russian troops have entered Ukraine".
Earlier the defence council said the border town of Novoazovsk and other parts of Ukraine's south-east had fallen under the control of Russian forces who were staging a counter-offensive with rebels.
Convoy of armoured Russian vehicles seen two miles from the Ukraine border "A counter-offensive by Russian troops and separatist units is continuing in south-east Ukraine," the council said in a post on Twitter.
It said Ukrainian government forces had withdrawn from Novoazovsk "to save their lives" and were now reinforcing troops in the port city of Mariupol.
It added that Russian forces and separatists were combining to launch attacks on Ilovaysk and Shakhtarsk, east of Donetsk.
A Ukrainian serviceman exchanges fire with rebels Ukraine's Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of having "deliberately unleashed a war in Europe" and called for an emergency UN Security Council meeting.
He also appealed to the United States, European Union and G7 countries "to freeze Russian assets and finances until Russia withdraws armed forces, equipment and agents".
A strategic high point east of Donetsk taken by separatist rebels Russia denies arming the rebels and sending troops across the border, and has declined to comment on reports of Russian tanks in Novoazovsk.
"The Russian authorities clearly said many times there are no regular Russian troops there. Russia is not taking part in this armed conflict," said a Russian diplomatic source.
However, the US ambassador to Ukraine has said Russian troops have been directly involved in the fighting.
"An increasing number of Russian troops are intervening directly in fighting on Ukrainian territory," Geoffrey Pyatt wrote on Twitter.
"Russia has also sent its newest air defence systems including the SA-22 into eastern Ukraine and is now directly involved in the fighting."
On Wednesday a top rebel leader, Alexander Zakharchenko, admitted Russian troops were fighting alongside his insurgents, but said they were on "holiday" after volunteering to join the battle.
Russian paratroopers captured in Ukraine on Monday Zakharchenko, prime minister of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic, told Reuters there were about 3,000 Russian volunteers serving in the rebel ranks.
Nato has said there could be well over 1,000 Russian soldiers operating inside Ukraine.
The spiralling tensions come two days after Mr Poroshenko and Mr Putin held their first talks in three months and agreed to work towards launching a peace process.
Mr Putin and Mr Poroshenko at the talks in Minsk on Tuesday The day before Ukraine captured 10 Russian paratroopers around Amvrosiivka, a town about 12 miles (20km) from the border with Russia.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has demanded an explanation from Mr Putin about the alleged involvement of Russian troops in Ukraine, while French President Francois Hollande has said it would be "intolerable and unacceptable".
The European security body OSCE had begun a special meeting to discuss "Russia violations in Ukraine" just hours before the latest developments.
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