Opposition Questions Need for Martial Law: Ukraine Update

The EU and NATO called on both sides to exercise restraint and demanded Russia ensure free navigation through the Kerch Strait, a key waterway for traffic from both countries. In Kiev, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko called a vote in parliament to consider imposing martial law at 4 p.m. Monday, a major step that his government rejected in 2014 when it was in open war with Moscow-backed separatists and forces from Russia. Opposition lawmakers accused Poroshenko of seeking to impose martial law in a bid to delay next year’s presidential ballot, after Russia attacked Ukrainian vessels in the Sea of Azov.

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