Ukraine’s president threatened on March 15 to impose a temporary road and railway transportation blockade upon Russian-backed breakaway enclaves after militants in the far eastern Donbas region moved to seize control over strategically important steel and coal enterprises.
Russia's War Against Ukraine
Financial Times: Poroshenko threatens blockade on Russian-backed separatists
A Russian-backed separatist guards a checkpoint in Stanytsia Luhanska, Lugansk region, on March 7, as an elderly couple passes into Ukraine-controlled territory.
