The President's order on the martial law released

A decree of the President of Ukraine on the enactment of the decision of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine (NSDC) of November 26, 2018 “On emergency measures to ensure the state sovereignty and independence of Ukraine and the imposition of martial law in Ukraine” was released.

The decision of the NSDC contains 12 points, of which the last one is confidential.

At the session of the Verkhovna Rada on November 26, the decision is expected to be approved by MPs.

As reported earlier, on the night of November 26, during the meeting of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine (NSDC), President Poroshenko proposed to impose martial law. A special extraordinary session of the Parliament will take place on November 26 at 4.00 p.m. (Kyiv time), and at 6.00 p.m. (Kyiv time), an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council will start. The decision to hold an extraordinary meeting of the NSDC was taken during the meeting of the Military Cabinet in connection with the situation in the Kerch Strait and the attack on Ukrainian warships.