Ukraine president won't extend martial law, barring Russia attack

Record ID: 1368355

  • Title: Ukraine president won't extend martial law, barring Russia attack
  • Date: 16th December 2018
  • Summary: KIEV, UKRAINE (DECEMBER 16, 2018) (REUTERS) UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT PETRO POROSHENKO WALKING TO MICROPHONE AS ANNUAL NEWS CONFERENCE STARTS MEDIA (SOUNDBITE) (Ukrainian) UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT, PETRO POROSHENKO, SAYING: "My committed position is that no martial law should interfere with elections. If there is no large scale aggression of the Russian armed forces at the Ukrainian
  • Embargoed: 30th December 2018 18:23
  • Keywords: Petro Poroshenko Ukraine- Russia Crimea Ukrainian crisis
  • Location: KIEV, UKRAINE
  • City: KIEV, UKRAINE
  • Country: Ukraine
  • Topics: Government/Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA0019B7281Z
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said on Sunday (December 16) he did not plan to extend martial law unless there was a large-scale attack from Russia.
    Poroshenko imposed martial law in some areas of the country for a month after Russia captured three Ukrainian vessels in the Kerch Strait on Nov. 25.
    Russia is resisting international calls to release three Ukrainian naval ships that its border patrols fired on and seized in the strait near Russian-annexed Crimea, accusing the sailors of illegally entering its territorial waters.
    Poroshenko also said Russia had withdrawn only 10 percent of its armed forces from Russian-Ukrainian border since the introduction of the martial law.
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