According to the Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council Alexander Turchinov on the need to complete the anti-terrorist operation in the Donbass, Kiev will have to introduce martial law in the occupied territories. The transition to a new format of defense of the country against Russia's military aggression suggests that Ukraine will officially name its enemy.

This is on air "The Observer. LIVE "said a veteran of the war in Donbass, volunteer Rodion Shovkoshytny.

He noted that in Ukrainian society there is a request to call ATU a war.

"There is a legal language, and there is a language of emotions. Do we have any war in the East? Yes, this is war. On the other hand, look at the war in Syria, where airplanes fly, missiles, "- said the front-line soldier.

Ukrainians, unlike the Syrians, said Shovkoshitny, do not know what air strikes are about residential areas.

"Why is it ATO?

Because we recognized those who started this war against us, terrorists," the veteran explained..

"Let's call it a war, we'll introduce martial law in the ORLO. Legally it will be a war. Against whom do we fight? When you declare martial law, your country is at war with someone. There is the name of the enemy, "he added..

As the "Observer" reported, journalist Larisa Voloshina explained why the question of the legal status of the front zone in the Donbass.

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