Ukrainian administration will put in place martial law if standoff in eastern Ukraine intensifies – NSDC secretary
Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) Secretary Oleksandr Turchynov said the Ukrainian administration is prepared to put martial law in place if the situation in eastern Ukraine escalates.
If military action intensifies, "we will have no alternative to putting in place martial law," he said in an interview with Interfax.
Turchynov said that the previous law in this sphere was adopted a long time ago, "when no one thought about the real military threat and when pacifism dominated in foreign policy." "For this reason, the old legislation in this sphere was not functional. The changes made to the law made it effective," he said.
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