Editing Petro Poroshenko (section)

===Potential implementation of martial law===
During his speeches Poroshenko on numerous occasions has called the war in East Ukraine a "Patriotic War", yet did not initiate implementation of martial law, for which he was criticized on numerous occasions by politicians and the general public. Poroshenko noted that it was necessary to realize the consequences of martial law for the country:

It would restrict the supply of weaponry and items of dual assignment;
The IMF doe not provide funds to countries that are at war.
A month later the second statement was refuted by a head of the IMF Ukrainian branch Jerome Vacher, "As for the possible introduction of martial law, the IMF has no formal legal restrictions that impede continuation of mutual cooperation under such conditions. We have already worked with a number of countries where war conflicts of various intensity unfolded".

On 5 February 2015, in his interview with the Spanish El Pais, Poroshenko stated that he would introduce martial law in the event of an escalation of the situation in Donbas, but that such a decision would limit democracy and civil liberties, as well as threaten the development of the economy.

Martial law in Ukraine was introduced for 30 days in late November 2018, after the Kerch Strait incident.