Ukraine: Junta Threatens Martial Law As War Nears Second Year

National Radio Company of Ukraine
December 29, 2014
Martial law may be imposed on Ukraine
Martial law might be imposed on Ukraine if the efforts to peacefully settle the crisis in Donbas do not produce the desired result, Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council Secretary Oleksandr Turchynov said.
“If the peaceful format produces no result, we won’t have an alternative,” Turchynov said in an interview on Channel 5.
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UNIAN
December 30, 2014
Six soldiers from Azov unit killed in Pisky
Six Ukrainian soldiers have been killed and another three injured in the village of Pisky near Donetsk as a result of military clashes, the Azov Battalion reported on its Facebook page on Tuesday, with reference to it commander, Andriy Beletskiy.
“Russian-backed insurgents have again violated the ceasefire today. This time, they attacked the positions of the Ukrainian armed forces in the village of Pisky in Donetsk region. As a result of these attacks, our army suffered losses: six soldiers have been killed, and another three wounded,” the report says.
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UNIAN
December 30, 2014
Three Ukrainian soldiers killed in ATO area in last day
Three Ukrainian soldiers have been killed in the last 24 hours in the Donbas combat zone, National Security and Defense Council spokesperson Andriy Lysenko said at a briefing in Kyiv on Tuesday, an UNIAN correspondent has reported.
“Over the past day three Ukrainian soldiers were killed and one injured,” Lysenko said.
As UNIAN reported earlier, during the night militants attacked Ukrainian troops three times, using small arms and mortars.
Earlier, the commander of the Azov Battalion, a volunteer force that is now part of the National Guard of Ukraine, reported that six of its soldiers had been killed by attacks by militants.

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