Putin introduces military state of emergency in annexed Ukrainian counties – news Urix – Foreign news and documentaries

The four occupied areas that receive a state of military emergency are Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhya. According to Russian President Vladimir Putin, the installed leaders will be given extended powers in the occupied Ukrainian counties. It is uncertain what this will entail. Russian authorities will control people crossing borders into and out of both the annexed Ukrainian counties and Russian border counties. The measure will also apply to the southern Russian regions of Krasnodar, Belgorod, Bryansk, Voronezh, Kursk and Rostov. In addition, the state of emergency will apply to Crimea and Sevastopol, which Russia annexed from Ukraine in 2014. New attacks against Kyiv On Wednesday afternoon, the AFP news agency reported that their journalists heard at least two loud bangs from explosions. The mayor of Kyiv, Vitaly Klitschko, says that they will have shot down several Russian rockets over the city on Wednesday afternoon. – Stay in shelters, he writes via social media. Evacuation from Kherson has begun The Russian-installed authorities in the occupied region of Kherson in Ukraine announced on Wednesday morning that they will move away tens of thousands of people near the front line. In addition, the established authorities will be evacuated, while Russian soldiers will remain. The reason must be that Ukrainian forces must be close. Reports of a new breakthrough in southern Ukraine



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