Martial law in Ukraine

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Martial law in Ukraine (10 regions)

Martial law in Ukraine (Ukrainian: Воєнний стан в Україні) is martial law introduced by presidential decree of November 26, 2018[1] in 10 regions of Ukraine[2] from 14:00 local time for 30 days on with the aim of strengthening the defense of Ukraine against the background of increasing tension with Russia[3][4]. This happened after the incident in the Kerch Strait[5][6].

Initially President Poroshenko signed a decree for the martial law within the whole Ukraine for 60 days, however after 5 hours of deliberations, a less restrictive version was signed into the law by an emergency session of Ukrainian Rada.[7]

Martial law areas

The affected territories are located along the Russia-Ukraine border, along the part of the Moldova–Ukraine border which runs along the unrecognised state of Transnistria (where Russian peacekeeping troops are present), and at the coasts of the Black and Azov Seas. The Ukrainian internal waters of the Azov-Kerch aquatory are also subject to the martial law.[7][8]

along the border with the unrecognised state of Transnistria
along the coast of the Black and Azov Seas
along the Russia-Ukraine border

Criticism

The initial 60-day period was harshly criticized, since it ranged well into the presidential election campaign, which might be affected by the restrictions to the Constitution by the martial law (item 3 of the martial law decree).[9]

On the other hand it has been criticized as being too late, because before the Kerch Straight incident several significantly more serious military incidents did occur since 2014.[citation needed] Critics associate the timing with Poroshenko's pre-election political ambitions, since his ratings fell very low. [10]

A concern was also expressed that the martial law would affect international aid payments.[9]

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