‘Ukraine under threat of full-scale war with Russia’Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko has claimed that the country is under the threat of a “full-scale war with the Russian Federation” as martial law was enforced along the country’s border with Russia for a month starting today. Kiev: Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko has claimed that the country is under the threat of a "full-scale war with the Russian Federation" as martial law was enforced along the country's border with Russia for a month starting today. The country is under the threat of a full-scale war with the Russian Federation," Poroshenko told local media. This comes in the wake of 12 Ukrainian sailors being sentenced to a two-month detainment by a court in Simferopol, Crimea. The President's website also stated that Ukraine's decision to enforce martial law is being supported by its western allies.