Ukraine suddenly decided to apply martial law
The National Defense and Security Council of Ukraine decided to impose martial law throughout the country for 60 days.
This decision must be approved by the unicameral Parliament of Ukraine (Verhovna Rada).
Ukrainian President Piotr Poroshenko supported the proposal of Secretary of the National Defense and Security Council Alexander Turchinov.
The President called on members of Congress to discuss behind closed doors the issue of imposing martial law.
Poroshenko said that the introduction of martial law would not affect the situation in Donbass and did not mean that Kiev refused to resolve the political and diplomatic issue of "liberating Ukrainian territory".
