President Petro Poroshenko said he’s ready to place Ukraine under martial law if his army is attacked in the embattled eastern part of the country. "If Ukrainian troops are attacked, we can do everything to introduce martial law," Poroshenko said in an interview with the Ukraina television channel on April 24.
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Ukrainian soldier watches the area at the Ukrainian position in Pisky village, Donetsk Oblast on April 23.