The Kremlin spokesman
declined to speak about the Russian leader’s reaction to the imposition of
martial law in Ukraine.
MOSCOW, November 27.
/TASS/. Ukraine’s decision to impose martial law poses a risk of escalating
conflict in certain areas of the country, namely in the southeast, Kremlin
Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Tuesday.
"This is
Ukraine’s domestic affair, but amid the elections, certainly, such a step as
imposing martial law has a special undisguised undertone. Potentially, the
imposition of martial law in some regions may pose a risk of escalating tensions
in the conflict-hit region, namely the southeast," Peskov said.
When asked if this
issue is expected to be discussed at the upcoming meeting between Russian
President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart Donald Trump, Peskov said:
"This is not a topic for the G20 summit, but at the same time if any
issues are raised at bilateral meetings with the president on the sidelines of
the summit, no one should doubt that the president will give exhaustive
clarifications."
The Kremlin spokesman
declined to speak about the Russian leader’s reaction to the imposition of
martial law in Ukraine, saying that the Defense Ministry should be briefed
about this.
On Monday, speaking
at the parliament, Ukrainian President Pyotr Poroshenko named the regions,
where a 30-day martial law will be imposed from November 28. These are
Vinnitsa, Lugansk, Nikolayevsk, Odessa, Sumy, Kharkov, Chernigov, Donetsk,
Zaporozhye and Kherson, as well as Ukraine’s territorial waters in the Sea of
Azov.
On November 25, three
Ukrainian warships illegally crossed Russia’s state border in the Black Sea and
entered Russia’s territorial waters performing dangerous maneuvers. The ships
did not respond to the demands of the Russian Federal Security Service border
directorate and the Black Sea Fleet to stop and continued their way.
All three Ukrainian
Navy vessels, which had violated the Russian state border, were detained in the
Black Sea, with weapons used to force them to stop. Three Ukrainian servicemen
were slightly wounded and received medical assistance, the FSB said, adding
that there was no threat to their lives. A criminal case has been launched over
the violation of Russia’s state border. Moscow slammed the incident as a
provocation.
Source: ITAR-TASS
27-11-2018
