Vladimir Putin announced on Wednesday the establishment of martial law in the four Ukrainian territories of Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhia annexed in September by Moscow.
The Russian president ordered this measure during a meeting of his Security Council broadcast on television. The Kremlin then issued a decree announcing the entry into force of martial law in these territories from midnight on Thursday.
These territories “had established martial law before their accession to the Russian Federation, but it is necessary to formalize this regime following Russian law,” Vladimir Putin declared.
He justified this measure by saying that Kyiv refused to negotiate with Moscow and, according to him, continued to “bomb” the civilian population in these regions. “The neo-Nazis (Ukrainians) openly use terrorist methods (…) They send groups of saboteurs to our territory,” he added, denouncing in particular the attack on the Crimean bridge and the “nuclear infrastructures”, without specifying which ones.
Measurement series
According to the decree, the Russian government must within three days propose concrete measures to be applied in these territories.
Russian legislation provides for a series of measures in the event of the establishment of martial law: reinforcement of security measures, curfew, prohibition of public gatherings, evacuation of strategic companies, prohibition of leaving the territories in question, internment of the population , establishment of military censorship in telecommunications, etc.
The decree also establishes a reinforced security regime, described as a “medium-level reaction regime,” in the Crimean peninsula annexed in 2014, as well as in the Russian regions of Krasnodar, Rostov, Belgorod, Bryansk, Voronezh and Kursk. located near Ukraine
In the central federal district, where the capital Moscow is located, a reinforced alert regime is also established, according to this decree.
Source: BFM TV
