if ukraine imposes martial law well knowing their habits even without martial law they repeatedly breach international humanitarian law firing on residential areas killing civilians with martial law the radicals will feel free. to do what they want we very strongly. sponsors to calm down those who are trying to gain political points at times of hysteria upcoming elections ukraine. do you think he's right so will martial law lead to an escalation. well it depends on how it's implemented in ukraine i mean obviously in the reports you've just given a second ago you've issued the capabilities of martial law what it will allow the poroshenko government to do i mean allow them to cancel elections conscript more soldiers we all know that so i won't repeat it but of course the main issue here at hand is not the tensions about why is he doing it and i mean think back a few years ago in twenty fourteen ukraine sorry crimea went back into russia there was no martial law then there were hundreds of ukrainian soldiers killed fighting separatists in. the east of the country in twenty in twenty fourtee

two hours ago submitted a decree to parliament declaring martial law parliament will be in session in approximately half an hour and i would expect that there's going to be a lot of discussion tonight as to that law on basically a war measures act but ukraine is currently in a state of mobilization and it has been for the last four years but in reality what we now have is we have a i guess a legal recognition of the reality of four and a half years of war now that four and a half years of war has been quite successful from the ukrainian standpoint meaning that we've only lost seven percent of our territory but nevertheless daily casualties and over ten thousand dead this is just one more episode in that saga became a president bush says that that the two ports on the coast of the sea of as a key to ukraine's economy why is that. well it's not just those two ports it's generally access to the sea which is key to the cranes and cranes economy was obviously is important but those two ports are key for access to exporting of metal a little bit of grain also but primarily it's the metallur

war in europe since the yugoslav wars and in some respects even more violent never provoked martial law in ukraine so far the confrontation at the kurds streets has not led to so far as we know a single casualty the notion that somehow that justifies martial law when a war that has been going on and involving human casualties human fatalities in the donbas going to hans for over four years never justified martial law really does strain my credulity so what do you think the president poroshenko was trying to do here by imposing martial law i mean does the expecting new head wind at all from europe in the west because of this. i don't know i don't know what he's expecting from europe and the united states what everyone in ukraine is expecting is that he's getting ready to run for reelection as president of ukraine in the spring and almost everyone who is not a supporter of president poroshenko has been making accusations that this martial law question has been raised either to inflame the political environment to help his reelection because he only gets about ten percent support in the po

discuss this incident and ukraine's president plans to ask his parliament to take action this time to martial law is introduced in order to strengthen ukraine's defense capabilities amid increasing aggression and according to international law duty called act of aggression by the russian federation martial law does not mean our refusal to resolve the issue of liberating ukrainian territory by political and diplomatic means we have intentions to keep at hearing to all international obligations including the minsk agreement we're in chalons following the story joining us from moscow so now that russia has reopened that current straits rory is that likely to ease tensions i think that probably lessens the potential for an increase in military contacts between these two navies but i don't think that it's obviously takes all the sting out of this episode we had a significant flare up on sunday perhaps the most significant military activity between russia and ukraine since the days of two thousand and fourteen when russia annexed the crimean peninsula and in two thousand and fifteen which saw some of t

martial law is introduced in order to strengthen ukraine's defense capabilities amid increasing aggression and according to international law duty cold act of aggression by the russian federation it's martial law does not mean our refusal to resolve the issue of liberating ukrainian territory by political and diplomatic means we have intentions to keep at hearing to all international obligations including the minsk agreement rory chalons following this one from moscow rory petro poroshenko saying oh outlining his reasons i guess for wanting martial law one of the other takes on this from from ukraine and russia are actually. you know well his thing i mean there is obviously a time and a place for imposing martial law on a country if that country is under sustained threats which you could argue petro poroshenko does argue ukraine is at the moment and has been since the annexation of crimea however there are plenty of people inside ukraine and elsewhere who think that this is a situation that is being taken advantage of for political ends even in the darkest days of two thousand and fourteen

tension between russia and ukraine following a clash it see as the ukrainian president declares martial law. to deal with the greek unlocks a bright future for the u.k. british prime minister to reserve may gets the e.u. seal of approval for her brigs it divorce terms though she now faces a massive challenge to convince a hostile public in parliament back home that it is the best way for. another new russian military experts say toxic substances were used in an assault on aleppo in syria on saturday we look at why the world's media is largely ignored this chemical attack. very good evening to you and welcome this is r.t. international. the u.n. security council is right now holding the second of two emergency sessions over the clash between russia and ukraine this comes just hours after the ukrainian president declared martial law to quote protect the country against russian aggression this is after russia detained three ukrainian navy ships off the coast of crimea. and also says that the vessels illegally entered its territorial waters in the strait ignoring orders from the border. followi

what hasn't been mentioned yet is that under that martial law. he can actually postpone elections if he so chooses so this gives him on usual a lot of presidential authority in which he can in which he can. you know continue on and and you can extend he can and can expand the martial law provisions indefinitely if he chooses to do so so this is not this is almost an open ended and all course it is that the west is not addressing well in those kind of a i mean look i mean ukraine on sunday broke a number of provisions of international law when it comes to the to the c.s. ok so i mean do we have a lot of confidence that they're going to keep their word after passing this law through parliament i mean one other i don't have a copy there mike i've got to jump in here we have to go to a hard break after that break we'll continue our discussion on strained relations stayed with our. campsite to get three people that. they're like so vampires. safe housing and they don't have to talk about what they go here with us because we understand our daughter g.t

often martial law is imposed for domestic purposes and so. it's rather peculiar because it does raise the question what exactly does he hope to attain by having a period of martial law that supposedly will only last for thirty days it creates a great deal of hype a great deal of you know headlines but what substances really accomplish but i do think that it lays the groundwork for sort of. creation of a. sort of hysteria from which it might be possible to further extend the martial law and to block the elections are those which is great speak to appreciate your time as always send us a full virginia richard black my guest good to be with you. moving on to other news now the day after leaders agreed to endorse the brig's it deal to resume a house being a back in a row in parliament trying to win of a skeptical and peace to face a massive challenge though over the next two weeks to win around the many down to the head of the december eleventh and to see a chicken reports from london. the british prime minister's schedule has been jam packed rec

from berlin tonight ukraine's lawmakers impose martial law went home for the finger at russia on sunday russia sees three ukrainian ships off the disputed crimean peninsula ukraine's president says it's a new phase of aggression the u.n. security council has been meeting in emergency session will ask who will martial law ukrainians from russia also coming up next down. nasser celebrates a spacecraft inside lands on more are to dig beneath the red planet's surface to find out how when was formed billions of years ago. it's good to have you with us we begin with that emergency u.n. security council meeting and the question are russia and ukraine headed for the u.s. as u.n. ambassador has accused russia of committing an outrageous violation of ukraine's sovereignty on sunday russia seized several ukrainian naval vessels near the disputed crimean peninsula moscow says that it was provoked by and just about an hour ago the ukrainian parliament voted to impose martial wall inside the country. a clash at sea causing waves of international concern a russian military ship rams into a ukrainian t

you know in the case of ukraine imposing martial law well knowing their habits even without martial law they repeatedly breach international humanitarian law was firing on residential areas killing civilians with martial law the radicals will feel free to do what they want we very strong the western sponsors to calm down those who try to gain political points at times of hysteria a major upcoming elections in ukraine. well so what we have say missing right is already throwing grenades and flares near the russian embassy of a night is it likely to create further escalation do you think. are unfortunate looks like it because. they said he's not president a situation with ukraine declaring martial law my country member any other case where they actually did that and the situation it rational maritime law is that russia and the ukrainian vessels have the right to sail through those waters but of course. that was when the crimea was part of ukraine and now russia is in control of the crimea and this means that the russians are in control of these waters these territorial waters under interna

led ukraine's president to ask parliament to consider drastic action yemi somewhat itself which martial law would be introduced in order to strengthen ukraine's defense capabilities increasing aggression and according to international law a cold act of aggression by the russian federation martial law would not mean our refusal to resolve the issue of liberating ukrainian territory by political and diplomatic means. that's. right. cite the russian embassy in kiev protesters shouting death to russia officials from both countries have accused the other of provoking said behavior needs to and the european union have called for restraint as fears grow that tensions in the region could escalate further. for more on this developing story i'm joined now by our correspondents david stern in kiev and nick conley who's in our moscow studio good to see you both let's start with you david strong words from as we just heard in the report he's proposing martial law what more can you tell us about that indeed strong words it remains to be seen what exactly this martial law entails now parliament the better

about with bongbong marcos, ferdinand marcosjunior, talking about the history and you said during martial law you stand by that?” law there were no political arrests, do you stand by that? i never said that. no political arrests? i said that. no political arrests? i said that because i signed the warrants of arrest. are we living in a post- r—truth world where lies can be told and people can get away with that? my and people can get away with that? my reading of history tells me that has always been the case. historians decades later can objectively assess what really happened during that period. in the past, leaders used to divide and rule as a way of subduing their subjects. now in the philippines, it appears fake news is a new weapon to confuse and control. howard johnson, bbc news, manila. throughout this week, there'll be much more on this on bbc world news in our beyond fake news season. you can also follow the debate and research by visiting our website, that's at bbc.com/fakenews, orjoin the conversation using #beyondfakenews. let's take a look at some of the day's other news. at leas

ukraine's president says he'll call on parliament to declare martial law after russian vessels fired at and impounded three of its naval vessels in the black sea russia says the boat strayed into its territorial waters near crimea a region of ukraine that was an expired russia in twenty fourteen moscow admits taking possession of the ukrainian boats an emergency meeting of the un security council being called for later on monday by russia one of the five permanent members of the escalation in hostilities after russia used the tanker to block vessels traveling through the strait between crimea and the russian mainland chalons has more from moscow. well even during the height of fighting in eastern ukraine and the annexation of crimea in two thousand and fourteen the ukrainian government was wary of imposing martial law or box in announcements from petro poroshenko the ukrainian president on sunday evening it looks as if we might soon get just that we can listen now to what he had to say about the possibility of martial law. martial law is introduced in order to strengthen ukraine's de

and according to international law duty called act of aggression by the russian federation martial law does not mean our refusal to resolve the issue of liberating ukrainian territory by political and diplomatic means we have intentions to keep at hearing to all international obligations including the minsk agreement so what would this mean in practicality well. the one thing that the ukrainian president has said is that this does not mean an immediate mobilization in ukraine botts he does think that this will be the cause for calling up a primary reserve pool to be trained the martial law if it's an x. it would last for sixty days initially and that it wouldn't affects according to petro poroshenko the situation in donbass east of ukraine if martial law is an act it says the president will not conduct offensive operations now the trigger for this has been the recent flare up of tensions in the sea at which is a pocket of water to the north east of the black sea you have ukraine which is the northern coast of the as of c. you have russia which is the eastern coast and crimea which is t

you know continue on and and you can access and he can expand the martial law provisions indefinitely if he chooses to do so so this is not this is almost an open ended and all course it is that the west is not i'm not addressing well in those kind of a i mean look i mean ukraine on sunday broke a number of provisions of international law when it comes to the to the c.s. ok so i mean do we have a lot of confidence that they're going to keep their word out or passing this law through parliament i mean one other i don't have to take up a there mike i've got to jump in here we have to go to a hard break after that break we'll continue our discussion on strained relations stayed with our. responding quickly in this hour the need. arise how the powder but i you can get you down the toilet. yes this time i did you. know i'm going to embolden him to go to the bridge. which i think your brother the most the most the hosea i mean look if you get to go with the law as if i knew but it was you don't love me. and write down the bank if you were going to base walker chemical lies and as our busine

ukraine's parliament could well approve president poroshenko as recommendation to impose martial law later martial law basically suspends normal political life no rallies no changes to the constitution no changes to senior political personnel including the president himself and elections bear in mind that president poroshenko is up for reelection at the end of march. craney an anger against russia is on display masked men live flares outside the russian consulate in kharkiv a fire started inside the constant compound in the kremlin this is all to trade is a cynical and premeditated provocation to shore up poroshenko is declining popularity and provoke more sanctions against moscow than would be the way in the world there are constant violations of the international humanitarian law and ukraine even without martial law shelling of residual areas in social infrastructure killings of civilians. ukraine has requested an urgent meeting of the un security council for later on monday leaders in kiev trying to gauge the level of international support they have and what they're calling a plac

martial law is introduced in order to strengthen ukraine's defense capabilities amid increasing aggression and according to international law duty called act of aggression by the russian federation martial law does not mean our refusal to resolve the issue of liberating ukrainian territory by political and diplomatic means we have intentions to keep at hearing to all international obligations including the minsk agreement really chalons has the latest from moscow so what would this mean in practicality well. the one thing that the ukrainian president has said is that this does not mean an immediate mobilization in ukraine botts he does think that this will be the cause for calling up a primary reserve pool to be trained the martial law if it's an x. it would last for sixty days initially and that it wouldn't affects according to petro poroshenko the situation in donbass east of ukraine if martial law is an act it says the president will not conduct offensive operations now the trigger for this has been the recent flare up of tensions in the sea at which is a pocket of water to the north ea

martial law is introduced in order to strengthen ukraine's defense capabilities amid increasing aggression and according to international law duty called act of aggression by the russian federation martial law does not mean our refusal to resolve the issue of liberating ukrainian territory by political and diplomatic means we have intentions to keep at hearing to all international obligations including the minsk agreement well russell says it's now open the current straight to shipping traffic where it's allan's has more from moscow. well with russia on blocking the current straits it does seem that moscow is trying to draw down the temperature of this crisis at least when it comes to the possibility of further military clashes but you know the political and the diplomatic reverberations of this are still continuing this has been the worst engagement between russian and ukrainian military since the dark days of two thousand and fourteen and two thousand and fifteen the annexation of crimea in the worst of the fighting in eastern ukraine. so that we have a situation where ukraine is calling

you are. “— arrests during the martial law you are. —— era. arrests during the martial law you arectrocuted. this eight—year—old is living proof of the dark side of martial law. in 1976, she was arrested, detained and tortured to being an activist against ferdinand marcos's1—man rule. she is outraged about the claims made. to understand the motives behind his recent statement in the video, i met him at his home in manila. you recently made a video with marcos and you said during martial law that there were no political arrests, do you stand by that? eye at said that because there we re that? eye at said that because there were no arrests. are we living in a post route world where lies can be told and people can get away with that? that has or has been the case, and history, it decades later can reassess what exactly happened during that period. —— historians. —— has always been. during that period. —— historians. -- has always been. in the past, leaders use divide and rule as a way of subduing their subjects. now in the philippines, it appears fake news is a new the philippines, it

on president a situation with ukraine declaring martial law my country member or any other case where they actually did that we must look at this really from really a ryall politic point of view russia is the much stronger state it's in control of these waters which controls the code straight and ukraine really has to abide by russian law even though they may not accept it but the difficulty for ukraine is of course is what you then do president poroshenko has now declared martial law which is quite an extraordinary step to take it will boost his ratings because he will come out as the savior of the nation he will say i'm here and the president i'm here to defend ukraine and support me but of course he will not want war he will not want to conflict the russians would win very easily because of much much stronger and president poroshenko knows that every. so they don't want military conflict they just want a conflict which will in fact increase the standing of the president and increase the standing of ukraine from the russian polish they're acting they would say according to internati

in the regions bordering russia for thirty days fundamentally as a whole martial law is it. getting the resources together and for everybody here in ukraine to understand he's a place whence the russians come for us president poroshenko insisted the measures won't interfere with elections from march but his decree is causing concern and confusion in the capital kiev. this isn't going to help ordinary ukrainians this is about the politicians if we needed martial law at all they should have introduced it years ago. we need to react to the situation differently with diplomatic economic means martial law is just going to make people worry. but if the politicians should have explained what exactly this means for us how people's rights are going to be affected. for ukrainians it's unclear what changes martial law will bring after four years of war with russia peace seems a distant outcome. the united nations refugee agency has said asylum seekers at the us mexico border fleeing violence and persecution are entitled to laud claims in the united states to obtain sanctuary there u.n.

live from berlin is it posturing or could ukraine in russia be headed for open war ukraine imposes martial law on parts of the country saying russia has entered a new phase of aggression this after the russian coast guard on sunday seized two ukrainian naval ships and a tugboat called the crimean peninsula. also on the program mexico says it's too poor to dozens of migrants who tried to rush the border near san diego into the united states but it's demanded an investigation into the use of tear gas by u.s. police firing across that border. so celebrate says it spacecraft inside the lens on mars the probe has already sent back a selfie from the red planet its primary mission is to dig beneath the martian surface for data that scientists have been screaming about for decades it's. hello i'm terry martin good to have you with us ukraine has imposed martial law on parts of the country following russia's seizure of ukrainian warships on sunday the measures applied to mostly border regions to prevent what ukraine's president called an extremely serious threat of a russian invasion a number of wester

president of ukraine is pushing for martial law to be voted in by the ukrainian parliament. he says that is the only way to end the standoff. russia says ukraine's liberally provoked the incident. the norms of international law have been violated. not only maritime law, but the general international law. we do not have any doubts that this was done with the knowledge of ukrainian authorities, and was probably a direct order from the highest double of government. i think we have not yet seen everything in terms of the consequences of yesterday's provocation. genie: for more reaction from ukraine now, let's go live to kiev, with our correspondent gulliver cragg. how are ukrainians responding to the foreign minister? gulliver: ukrainian navy says it did respect all procedures in terms of informing russian counterparts of these ships' plananned routes, but do say thy did not get a reply y from thehe russssians. the craniums are accusing the russians of not playing by the accepted rules, but they are also keen to remind the world that the sea is neither ukrainian nor russian water

cyclists all agreed with russian claims that they have violated its borders as ukraine imposes martial law world leaders called for. to care also on the program. scientists around the world condemned the chinese research and claims to have created the first genetically baby's. d.n.a. even his own university says the work violates ethical standards. i'm filled welcome to the program the crisis between russia and ukraine has intensified to russian t.v. broadcast statements from three of the twenty four ukrainian sailors detained on sunday a court in crimea today ordered one of them to be held in custody for two months the sailors were captured when russian vessels fired on board it in seized three ukrainian boats i say made very well as they were about to make their way through the castrates on sunday. reacted by demanding the return of that ship's crew and has introduced martial law in parts of the country there are now growing international calls for a deescalation of the most dangerous crisis between russia and ukraine for recent years. don't you correspondent nick conley joins us from th

angular merkel late on monday vladimir putin said that he thought the ukraine is imposition of martial law and its full military combat alerts were essentially bad things he really has to say that because he has to show that he is still supportive of the minsk peace process for the east of ukraine and anything that might threaten that should be condemned from the moscow point of view i think though for russia this is another reminder that they don't really have that many friends around the world and that they're that aggressive in muscular activities outside their borders aren't really making the situation any better. for the think is the policymakers the leaders in moscow that perhaps seems to be a price that they are willing to pay to be able to act unilaterally and to defend what they see as russian interests so russia has effectively declared the straits which separates the black sea from the as of sea and also separate the russian mainland from the primary in the crimean peninsula are russian maritime border and that ukraine has to request permission to access the actual sea which by

martial laws introduced in order to strengthen ukraine's defense capabilities amid increasing aggression and according to international law duty called act of aggression by the russian federation martial law does not mean our refusal to resolve the issue of liberating ukrainian territory by political and diplomatic means we have intentions to keep at hearing to all international obligations including the minsk agreement. leaders have approved a final agreement for the u.k.'s exit from the european union but british prime minister theresa may still needs to get her own m.p.'s to accept the deal and pass it through parliament the leader of northern ireland upon which may's government relies has again said it will reject the deal mexico will deport some of the five hundred asylum seekers who it says try to violently end illegally cross the u.s. border on sunday well then five thousand of them are camped in the mexican border town of t. juana hoping to gain asylum in america in uganda the search is on for victims believed to be trapped in a capsized boat on lake victoria at least thirty one

and according to international law duty called act of aggression by the russian federation martial law does not mean our refusal to resolve the issue of liberating ukrainian territory by political and diplomatic means we have intentions to keep at hearing to all international obligations including the minsk agreement so what would this mean in practicality well. the one thing that the ukrainian president has said is that this does not mean an immediate mobilization in ukraine botts he does think that this will be the cause for calling up a primary reserve pool to be trains the martial law if it's an act it would last for sixty days initially and that it wouldn't affects according to petro poroshenko the situation in donbass east of ukraine if martial law is an act it says the president will not conduct offensive operations now the trigger for this has been the recent flare up of tensions in the sea at hours of which is a pocket of water to the north east of the black sea you have ukraine which is the northern coast of the as of c. you have russia which is the eastern coast and crimea w

well this is all coincided this martial law starting which is the first time we've had martial law in ukraine since twenty fourteen away and crimea was seized by russia annexed that then turned into a martial law situation but did not last now we've got nearly half of the country under martial law it means a curfew it means less freedom for people it means also. is sure that he will be able to improve defenses and what he's saying right now is he's warning that there could be a full scale war he thinks russia is preparing for war on it he says that they've massed tanks on the borders and now we've had this move it isn't coincidental of the s four hundred extra battalion going to be deployed on the crimean peninsula before the end of the year it would seem so all the escalation is pointing in one direction and you've just been referring to the g twenty summit well it would appear that certainly the u.s. president donald trump is considering not having a meeting with vladimir putin the russian president he said in the washington post that he was considering calling off that meeting not

news live from berlin tonight what is happening inside ukraine lawmakers impose martial law at home pointing the finger at russia on sunday russia sees three ukrainian ships off the disputed crimean peninsula ukraine's president says this is a new phase of aggression tonight we ask how will marshall wall protect ukrainians from russia also coming up after six months and fifty five million kilometers the spacecraft inside and just landed on mars scientists hope to dig beneath the red planet's surface to find out how it was formed billions of years ago. and an attempt to rush the u.s. and mexico border by some migrants driven back by tear gas mexico's now saying it will step up security at the border. i bring it's good to have you with us after a day of escalating tensions the ukrainian parliament has now agreed to a demand by the nation's president to impose martial law all on sunday russian ships seized three ukrainian naval vessels the skirmish took place off the disputed crimean peninsula ukraine's president poroshenko accusing russia of acting like bandits while the u.s. ambassador to the

russian missiles to crimea and to martial law in parts of ukraine as tensions between kiev and moscow remain high following black sea naval clashes. come on peter dhabi this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up the u.s. national security advisor says he's not listening to the recording of jamal khashoggi murder but the head of the cia who has made no brief sentences on. the saudi crown prince was widely suspected of ordering the murder behind protests in tunisia and heads for the g. twenty in argentina. also ahead the woman who said she'd happily take a front row seat to public hanging wins a place in the u.s. senate. russia says it plans to deploy s. four hundred surface to air missiles into the crimean peninsula it is the latest escalation in a fresh confrontation between moscow and kiev ten regions in ukraine are now under martial law for the next thirty days after russian vessels opened fire in the black sea and seize several ukrainian naval boats and service personnel under simmons has the latest now from kiev yeah really. russia says this is one of many confessions by ukr

legally moved these two angry protests in kiev where the ukraine government says it could introduce martial law. also on the program. on her return from brussels british prime minister theresa may faces the mammoth task of persuading u.k. lawmakers to back her breaks a deal if she'll tell them it's the only option on the table. and a landing on mars starting today the spacecraft called insights is set to offer just that to scientists breathlessly awaiting its data on the bridge planet the probe will look beneath the martian surface to explain how the planet was formed illions five years ago. well i'm terry martin thanks for joining us united nations security council is called an emergency meeting after russia fired on and seized three ukrainian ships off the coast of the crimean peninsula ukraine called the incident an act of aggression and has proposed introducing martial law to put the country on a war footing the clash happened in a narrow strait between russia and crimea a point of international tension since russia annexed the region four years ago. a confrontation at sea russia cuse the u

crimean peninsula ukraine called the instant an act of aggression then has proposed introducing martial law to put the country on a war footing the clash happened in a narrow strait between russia and crimea a point of international tension since russia annexed the region four years ago. a confrontation at sea russia excuse the ukrainian navy of acting like bandits what followed says ukraine was an act of russian aggression. a russian coastguard ship opened fire on then seized three ukrainian vessels. it happened in the black sea off the coast of crimea after the russian ships blocked access to the sea of as of via the narrow carriage street which separates the crimean peninsula from the russian mainland although a bilateral treaty gives both russia and ukraine access tensions are very in the sea have escalated since russia's annexation of crimea in twenty fourteen and the opening of a bridge linking the two earlier this year this latest incident has led ukraine's president to ask parliament to consider drastic action janish time on itself which martial law would be introduced in order to s

later martial law basically suspends normal political life no rallies no changes to the constitution no changes to senior political personnel including the president himself and elections bear in mind that president poroshenko is up for reelection at the end of march. craney an anger against russia is on display masked men lit flares outside the russian consulate in kharkiv a fire started inside the constant compound in the kremlin this is all to trade is a cynical and premeditated provocation to shore up poroshenko is declining popularity and provoke more sanctions against moscow then we visited with there are constant violations of the international humanitarian law and ukraine even without martial law shelling of residential areas in social infrastructure killings of civilians. leaders in kiev trying to gauge the level of international support they have and what they're calling a place in tact of russian aggression rory chalons al-jazeera moscow is under symons now in following the story president poroshenko wants martial law he wants that as soon as possible will they actually ne

reporter: for ukrainians, it is unclear what changes martial law will bring.fter four years of war with russia, peace seems a distant outcome. brent: let's pull in our correspondent nick connolly joining us from the ukrainian capital kiev. good evening to you, nick. the president of ukraine reportedly saying that russia is now concentrating troops along the border with ukraine. now, is he saying that to justify martial law, or are we really looking at the brink of a war, as he claims? nick: goodod evening, brent.t. well, president poroshenko has presented some intelligence evidence to ukrainian journalists in the last few hours which he says shows russia upping the number of tanks among ukraine's borders. that is very difficult to verify independently.y. and there are plenty of internal critics in ukraine who accuse him of politicking, of trying to change the terms of public discourse ahead of next year's presidential elections, with the polls looking pretty bad for him in recent weekeks, and trying to present himself as a sort of commander-in-chief in that wa

two hours ago submitted a decree to parliament declaring martial law parliament will be in session in approximately half an hour and i would expect that there's going to be a lot of discussion tonight as to that law on basically a war measures act but ukraine is currently in a state of mobilization and it has been for the last four years but in reality what we now have is we have a i guess a legal recognition of the reality of four and a half years of war now that four and a half years of war has been quite successful from the ukrainian standpoint meaning that we've only lost seven percent of our territory but nevertheless daily casualties and over ten thousand dead this is just one more episode in that saga became of president bush who says that that the two ports on the coast of the sea of as a key to ukraine's economy why is that. well it's not just those two ports it's generally access to the sea which is key to the key to ukraine's economy was obviously is important but those two ports or key for .

martial law what thing that's going to do to the public how will they view their president. well i think. that the president is going to look strong he's going to look as though he has rallied international support around him and around ukraine's case against russia so that in that respect he could he could look very strong on the other hand i think that there are. a growing number of ukrainian people who are becoming disenchanted with this contrived situation in order to allow politicians to if you like railroad the situation for personal purposes i think we're going to start to see as a result the. political match between tomasz and co and poroshenko descend into allegations of corruption on either side and quite valid assumptions of corruption by both of those politicians so we're going to see this thing becoming very dirty very quickly now from the western standpoint from the european union or the united states and what perhaps they see that a ukraine without a strong leader corrupt or otherwise means that ukraine would be vulnerable to seeking your approach more with mo

i left everything it down just and came here martial law isn't going to help me which is. nearby the saber rattling continues with russia parading its missiles in crimea. and ukraine showing off its defenses. neither side shows any sign of retreating from a fight. well here's some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world congo's health ministry says the current ebola outbreak in the east of the country is now the second biggest in history with more than four hundred confirmed and probable cases efforts to curb the epidemic are being hampered by a surge of violence in the area thousands of opposition demonstrators have marched through the zimbabwean capital harare the supporters of the m.d.c. party accuse the government of rigging july's election it's the first rally since a deadly crackdown on an election protest back in august. we here in berlin germany's parliament the boldest talk has backed the united nations migration pact while making it clear that that agreement is not binding in may not ever be put into effect here anyway the pact aims at

ukraine's president has declared martial law in the border region he's warning that russia is preparing for war. this is what life is become for many living around mario paul it's the closest ukrainian city to telnet scandal both of which are now controlled by russian backed separatists since sunday's naval clash with russia ukraine has begun to impose martial law in the border regions. so you're the country's president petro poroshenko has warned there could be a russian invasion. these tanks have not yet been removed they'll there i don't want anybody to think that those are toys the country is under threat of a fool scale war with russia. for the russia and ukraine have blamed each other for sunday standoff in the catch strait which links the black sea and the sea it was all of russian naval officers fired on and seized three ukrainian vessels capturing the crew twelve ukrainians have now been charged with unlawfully entering russia they face up to six years in jail but russian president vladimir putin blames the ukrainian president for the standoff claiming it's a move to boost his

fundamentally the whole martial law is. getting the resources together. for everybody here in ukraine to understand. he's a hero place whence the russians come for us president poroshenko insisted the measures won't interfere with elections shuttled for march but his decree is causing concern and confusion in the capital kiev for ukrainians it's unclear what changes martial law will bring after a four year sand off with russia peace seems the distant outcome. just a short while ago russian president vladimir putin commented in public on the situation for the first time it turned out that among crew members to security services members were on the board and they confessed they were members of the security services of ukraine so all fine fine place off three media truck asians it was intended to use it as a pretext to introduce the martial law in the country it has nothing in common with an attempt to him settle for relations between russia and ukraine it is them play for escalation it is a dirty game within the country in order to him a surprise political