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Ukraine's border service says it would only allow Ukrainian citizens to travel to Crimea following the imposition of martial law.
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Here's more on the new Crimea travel restrictions that have just been announced by Kyiv (courtesy of RFE/RL correspondent Christopher Miller and Reuters)
Ukraine To Only Allow Ukrainian Citizens To Travel To Crimea
Ukraine's border service has said that it would only allow Ukrainian citizens to travel to Crimea following the imposition of martial law. Kyiv introduced martial law in 10 of its regions for 30 days on November 28 after Russian forces fired on Ukrainian ships and seized 23 sailors in the Black Sea off the coast of the Russian-controlled Crimean Peninsula.
"In connection with the introduction of martial law, the administrative border with temporarily occupied Crimea can be crossed exclusively with Ukrainian documents," a spokesman said on November 29.
Earlier in the day, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko called on NATO to send ships to the Sea of Azov to help protect Ukraine.
He claimed Russian President Vladimir Putin sees himself as a "Russian emperor" and Ukraine as a Russian "colony."
Lter on November 29. the Ukrainian president tweeted that Kyiv will impose "restrictions" on Russian citizens in Ukraine.
"No need to run to shops and buy matches and salt. There will be no restrictions on cash withdrawals, currency-exchange operations, travels abroad for Ukrainian citizens. For Russian citizens, these restrictions will be introduced. And I think that's quite justified," he wrote.
Relations between Moscow and Kyiv have deteriorated after Russia seized Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula in March 2014 and shortly thereafter began supporting separatists in eastern Ukraine in a conflict that has left more than 10,300 dead since April 2014.