Thread by @PaulaChertok

#Ukraine’s on the verge of martial law b/c #Russia just seriously escalated its 4yo illegal war—blocking key Kerch Strait, firing on & seizing 3 Ukrainian navy ships, wounding 6 Ukrainian sailors—AND Trump attacks NATO & EU. Appalling, terrifying & expected of a #PutinPuppet.

#Russia’s fresh aggression in its 4+yr illegal war on #Ukraine is a crisis with advance warning. Read @KyivPost’s coverage of Russia’s military threats to gain control of Azov Sea kyivpost.com/ukraine-politi… via @BSBonner #KerchStrait #KerchBlockade #PutinWar #RussiaAttacksUkraine

Escalating tensions between #Russia and #Ukraine in the Sea of Azov bear echoes of Russian provocations that led to the war with Georgia in 2008 atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atla… via @AtlanticCouncil h/t @IlvesToomas #KerchBlockade #KerchStrait #RussiaAttacksUkraine #BlackSea

#Russia Attacks #Ukraine in Azov Sea: What we know so far about yesterday’s incident in Kerch Strait. (Includes a good rundown of Russian propaganda efforts, always escalated along with its military provocations) via @uacrisis bit.ly/2KyZKF8

#Ukraine President @poroshenko:
•Russia committed act of aggression at Kerch Strait, Azov Sea
•Russia is preparing ground war
•Martial law for 30 days
•No restrictions on Constitutional freedoms
•No mobilization (yet)
•Elections in March, per Constitution
via @Kateryna_Kruk

@poroshenko @Kateryna_Kruk "This is no way for a law-abiding civilized nation to act"—Nikki Haley at #UN on #Russia's "dangerous escalation" in #KerchStrait: "Impeding #Ukraine ships' lawful passage…ramming & firing on them…is an arrogant act that the int'l community must condemn & will never accept."

https://twitter.com/CBSNews/status/1067097896716304385

Russian sailors uploaded a curse-laden video of them gunning for a Ukrainian vessel yesterday at the #KerchStrait #AzovSea near #Crimea. #Russia also fired on and seized 3 of #Ukraine's ships, wounded 6 Ukrainian sailors, arrested 23. (Translation in THREAD via @EuromaidanPress)

https://twitter.com/EuromaidanPress/status/1066797967103991809

🚨NOT TOO SOVIET: #Russia’s FSB posts video of #Ukraine’s servicemen detained following Kerch Strait incident in which the captured Ukrainians “confessed it was a provocation” and claimed “Ukrainian warships entered Russian territorial waters on a direct order from Kiev”😒 (TASS)

Putin is so emboldened, he attacked Ukraine outright—w/o even hiding behind his proxy “separatists.” Kerch Strait crisis is a huge deal. Nikki Haley condemned Russia’s aggression but Trump refused to. His #BothSides talk rolls out the red carpet to Putin. cnn.com/2018/11/26/pol…