Ukraine introduces martial law amid crisis with Russia
Ukraine's parliament has backed imposing martial law for 30 days in parts of the country, in response to Russia's capture of three Ukrainian naval vessels over the weekend.
Russian ships also took crew members, prisoner. Ukraine said it was a Russian "act of aggression", but Moscow said the ships had illegally entered its waters.
Lawmakers approved martial law after President Petro Poroshenko reassured some skeptics
that it would not be used to curb civil liberties or delay next years election.
"This is one of the reasons why many of the parliamentarians wanted to oppose the project of martial law," Sebastien Gobert, a freelance journalist based in Ukraine told Good Morning Europe.
"We see that it's not going to be the case, it's not going to affect the elections at least as we speak now, because just a few minutes after the parliamentarians voted for the implementation of the martial law they also voted for a law that establishes that the elections will be held on the 31st of March," Gobert added.
Russian ships also took crew members, prisoner. Ukraine said it was a Russian "act of aggression", but Moscow said the ships had illegally entered its waters.
Lawmakers approved martial law after President Petro Poroshenko reassured some skeptics
"This is one of the reasons why many of the parliamentarians wanted to oppose the project of martial law," Sebastien Gobert, a freelance journalist based in Ukraine told Good Morning Europe.
"We see that it's not going to be the case, it's not going to affect the elections at least as we speak now, because just a few minutes after the parliamentarians voted for the implementation of the martial law they also voted for a law that establishes that the elections will be held on the 31st of March," Gobert added.
Ukraine introduces martial law amid crisis with Russia
Reviewed by idris
on
November 27, 2018
Rating:
Reviewed by idris
on
November 27, 2018
Rating:
No comments: