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The Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) confirmed President Petro Poroshenko and parliament faction leaders had decided not to declare a martial law in Ukraine.

“True, it was decided at the meeting with faction leaders to not impose a martial law,” NSDC Information Analysis Center speaker Andriy Lysenko said in a program aired by the ICTV channel on Monday night, Sept. 1.

“The General Staff is holding a conference this very second to plan further actions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and law enforcement authorities,” he stressed.