Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko speaks during a press conference in Kiev on December 16, 2018 (AFP pic)KIEV: Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Wednesday announced the end of martial law in the country’s border regions, which was introduced last month after Russia’s seizure of three of Kiev’s navy vessels in the Sea of Azov.
“Today, right now, at 2.00pm (1200 GMT) the martial law ends. This is my principal decision,” Poroshenko said during a live-streamed military cabinet meeting in Kiev.
The president said he had reached the decision “based on analysis of all the components of the security situation in the country”.
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