Ukraine imposes martial law for 30 days (22)
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Ukrainian opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko gestures during a parliament session in Kiev, Ukraine, Monday, Nov. 26, 2018. Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has halved his proposal for martial law in the country to 30 days, an apparent concession to opponents. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman, top, gestures during a parliament session in Kiev, Ukraine, Monday, Nov. 26, 2018. Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has halved his proposal for martial law in the country to 30 days, an apparent concession to opponents. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman gestures during a parliament session in Kiev, Ukraine, Monday, Nov. 26, 2018. Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has halved his proposal for martial law in the country to 30 days, an apparent concession to opponents. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko gestures during a parliament session in Kiev, Ukraine, Monday, Nov. 26, 2018. Ukraine's president on Monday urged parliament to impose martial law in the country to fight "growing aggression from Russia," after a weekend naval confrontation off the disputed Crimean Peninsula in which Russia fired on and seized three Ukrainian vessels amid renewed tensions between the neighbors. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
Ukrainian Defence Minister Stepan Poltorak (C) speaks to Ukrainian MPs before opening an emergency session at Parliament in Kiev on November 26, 2018, ahead of a parliamentary vote on the request of the Ukrainian President to impose martial law in the country. - Kiev and Moscow were facing their worst crisis in years on November 26 as Ukraine and its Western allies demanded the release of three ships fired on and seized by Russia near Crimea. Russian vessels boarded and captured the ships on November 25, accusing them of illegally entering Russian waters off the coast of Crimea in the Sea of Azov. Ukraine's President Poroshenko addressed the nation ahead of a parliamentary vote on his request to impose martial law in the country. The Ukrainian leader said he would ask parliament to introduce martial law for 30 days, after initially saying it would last 60 days. (Photo by Genya SAVILOV / AFP)
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko (C) delivers his speech from Parliament tribune during an emergency session in Kiev on November 26, 2018, ahead of a parliamentary vote on the request of the Ukrainian President to impose martial law in the country. - Ukraine's parliament approved the introduction of martial law on November 26 in the border regions of the country for 30 days, after Moscow seized three of Kiev's ships in a confrontation at sea. (Photo by Genya SAVILOV / AFP)
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko (R) attends an emergency session in Kiev on November 26, 2018, ahead of a parliamentary vote on the request of the Ukrainian President to impose martial law in the country. - Ukraine's parliament approved the introduction of martial law on November 26 in the border regions of the country for 30 days, after Moscow seized three of Kiev's ships in a confrontation at sea. (Photo by Genya SAVILOV / AFP)
Secretary of the National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine Oleksandr Turchynov (L) watches as Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko (R) waves to Ukrainian MPs after they voted on the request of the Ukrainian President to impose martial law in the country during an emergency session at Parliament in Kiev on November 26, 2018. - Ukraine's parliament approved the introduction of martial law on November 26 in the border regions of the country for 30 days, after Moscow seized three of Kiev's ships in a confrontation at sea. (Photo by Genya SAVILOV / AFP)
Secretary of the National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine Oleksandr Turchynov (L) and Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman (R) watch as Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko (2nd R) shakes hands with Ukrainian MPs after they voted on the request of the Ukrainian President to impose martial law in the country during an emergency session at Parliament in Kiev on November 26, 2018. - Ukraine's parliament approved the introduction of martial law on November 26 in the border regions of the country for 30 days, after Moscow seized three of Kiev's ships in a confrontation at sea. (Photo by Genya SAVILOV / AFP)
Secretary of the National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine Oleksandr Turchynov (L) and Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman (C) watch as Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko (R) waves to Ukrainian MPs after they voted on the request of the Ukrainian President to impose martial law in the country during an emergency session at Parliament in Kiev on November 26, 2018. - Ukraine's parliament approved the introduction of martial law on November 26 in the border regions of the country for 30 days, after Moscow seized three of Kiev's ships in a confrontation at sea. (Photo by Genya SAVILOV / AFP)
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko (R) shakes hand with Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman after Ukrainian MPs voted on the request of the Ukrainian President to impose martial law in the country during an emergency session at Parliament in Kiev on November 26, 2018. - Ukraine's parliament approved the introduction of martial law on November 26 in the border regions of the country for 30 days, after Moscow seized three of Kiev's ships in a confrontation at sea. (Photo by Genya SAVILOV / AFP)
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko delivers his speech from Parliament tribune during an emergency session in Kiev on November 26, 2018, ahead of a parliamentary vote on the request of the Ukrainian President to impose martial law in the country. - Ukraine's parliament approved the introduction of martial law on November 26 in the border regions of the country for 30 days, after Moscow seized three of Kiev's ships in a confrontation at sea. (Photo by Genya SAVILOV / AFP)
MPs react as Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko (top) delivers his speech from parliament tribune during an emergency session in Kiev on November 26, 2018, ahead of a parliamentary vote on the request of the Ukrainian President to impose martial law in the country. - Ukraine's parliament approved the introduction of martial law on November 26 in the border regions of the country for 30 days, after Moscow seized three of Kiev's ships in a confrontation at sea. (Photo by Genya SAVILOV / AFP)
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko delivers his speech from parliament tribune during an emergency session in Kiev on November 26, 2018, ahead of a parliamentary vote on the request of the Ukrainian President to impose martial law in the country. - Ukraine's parliament approved the introduction of martial law on November 26 in the border regions of the country for 30 days, after Moscow seized three of Kiev's ships in a confrontation at sea. (Photo by Genya SAVILOV / AFP)
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko delivers his speech from parliament tribune during an emergency session in Kiev on November 26, 2018, ahead of a parliamentary vote on the request of the Ukrainian President to impose martial law in the country. - Ukraine's parliament approved the introduction of martial law on November 26 in the border regions of the country for 30 days, after Moscow seized three of Kiev's ships in a confrontation at sea. (Photo by Genya SAVILOV / AFP)