Moscow is gradually extending its control. This Wednesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the establishment of martial law in the four Ukrainian territories of Donetsk, Lugansk, Kherson and Zaporizhia annexed in September by Russia, after elections not recognized by the international community.
As a result of this statement made during a meeting of its Security Council broadcast on television, the Russian authorities published a decree confirming the entry into force of this exceptional legal status in these territories as of midnight on Thursday, local time.
full powers to the army
According to our international political consultant Patrick Sauce, this martial law imposed by a head of state gives legal and policing powers to the military in the regions involved. “He has just given full powers to General Surovikin”, now in charge of the Russian “special military operation” on Ukrainian territory.
“The pro-Russian administrators installed in Kherson no longer have any power, he is also in the process of fleeing Kherson to the south of the country,” he adds.
According to the decree, the Russian government must, within three days, propose concrete measures to be applied in these territories.
In fact, 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 exit from the affected territories, internment of 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
Putin and the Ukrainian neo-Nazis
During his speech, Vladimir Putin justified this measure by stating that Kyiv refused to negotiate with Moscow and continued, according to him, to “bomb” the civilian population of 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 “nuclear infrastructure”, without specifying which ones. .
Source: BFM TV
