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Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said on Tuesday that his country is now facing the "threat" of the Russian military invasion and the outbreak of a "totalitarian war" with Russia, giving even more the tone to his already dramatic statements after the episode Sunday at Sea Azov.
"The number of units (Russian military) stationed along our borders has increased dramatically.A large-scale armed conflict with Russia threatens the country," Poroshenko said during a televised interview, adding that the number of Russian battle tanks in the border region had tripled in October compared with September.
Russian authorities opened fire and arrested Sunday three small boats of the Ukrainian navy and their crews in the sea of Azov, off the Crimea. The Ukrainian NP denounced an "attack" by Russian forces, which actually fired on its ships. Russia has denounced a "provocative energy" of Ukraine.
Also Tuesday, US President Donald Trub threatened to cancel his planned meeting with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the G20 in Argentina. "I do not like this aggression at all," said Trab, accused in his country of being very "submissive" in Moscow.
Ukraine and Russia have been involved in the most serious fight of recent years with the Sunday episode, which was unprecedented.
"Ukraine is facing the threat of a total war with the Russian Federation," Poroshenko said in an interview with three Ukrainian TV channels.
The head of the Ukrainian state has spoken of a sharp increase in the number of Russian warships in the sea of Azov and the strengthening of the Russian military presence in Crimea, the Ukrainian peninsula annexed by the Russia four years ago.
The Sunday episode was the first open military confrontation between Moscow and Kiev after the annexation of Crimea in 2014 and the beginning of the armed conflict in Donbbad, in eastern Ukraine between Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian separatists later this year. More than 10,000 people lost their lives in this war.
The Ukrainian parliament on Monday approved the imposition of a military law in the country's border regions.
Russian President Vladimir Putin warned Ukraine on Tuesday against any "reckless" energy and expressed "deep concern" to German Chancellor Angela Merkel, urging her to put pressure on Kiev. According to him, the measures taken by the government in Kiev are "obvious" in that they are badociated with the presidential elections of spring in Ukraine.
Moscow, which claimed to have acted "in full compliance with international law," accused Kiev of seeking a "pretext" to demand the "reinforcement of sanctions" from the European Union and the United States at the expense of Russia. These sanctions were imposed in 2014.
The question of the imposition of new European sanctions will be discussed at the December summit.
Washington, denouncing the "illegal" actions of Moscow, yesterday asked the EU to "do more to help Ukraine", especially with regard to sanctions against Russia that have not not yet fully implemented. State Department spokeswoman Heather Naughter said the Russian pipeline Nordstream 2 should now be targeted.
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