Martial law

President Vladimir Putin announced on Wednesday that Russia would impose martial law in the four regions in Ukraine he illegally annexed last month.

Ukrainian victory in Kherson could bring Crimea within striking distance of Ukraine’s long-range weapons — a situation that would drastically raise the perceived stakes for Putin. [Pro-Russian officials warn of major Ukrainian offensive in Kherson](https://www.nbcnews.com/now/video/pro-russian-officials-warn-of-major-ukrainian-offensive-in-kherson-151046725774) [Gen. “Our further plans and actions regarding the city of Kherson will depend on the unfolding military and tactical situation. Ukrainian forces continue their advance on Russian positions in eastern Ukraine, particularly the critical city of Kherson. [Zelenskyy ](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/volodymyr-zelenskyy-become-global-phenomenon-rcna24355)said Tuesday night that Russia’s latest turn in strategy — the use of so-called standoff missiles and drones against infrastructure and other targets far from the front — has taken 30% of the country’s power plants offline since the strikes began Oct. Local Russian-installed officials have begun to sound the alarm about a potential Russian retreat from the city, warning civilians that the time has come to abandon the city. Much about the measures is vague, giving the state more legal room to maneuver. “Now we need to formalize this regime within the framework of Russian legislation. Last month, the four regions held controversial referendums on whether to join Russia, which the international community and Ukraine widely criticized as illegitimate. Putin also signed an order Wednesday introducing some elements of wartime measures to Crimea, Belgorod, Voronezh, Kursk, Rostov and other regions bordering Ukraine. Russian officials have warned that more is to come. [Kherson](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/putin-problems-mount-ukraine-breakthrough-kherson-russia-military-rcna50408), [Zaporizhzhia](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/russia-ukraine-war-nuclear-plant-zaporizhzhia-loses-power-source-iaea-rcna51329), [Luhansk ](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/russia-conquers-ukraines-luhansk-lysychansk-key-eastern-province-rcna36530)and [Donetsk](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/russian-artillery-pounds-donetsk-new-offensive-ukraine-east-rcna36835), as well as the establishment of a new state coordination council aimed at fulfilling the objectives of his so-called special military operation.

RIGA, Latvia — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday imposed martial law in Ukrainian territories that he has claimed illegally to be annexed by ...

The city was the first regional capital seized in the invasion and served as a Russian logistical and political base in efforts to extend Russia’s control across southern Ukraine, including to the port city of Odessa. The Kherson region forms a crucial part of Putin’s much-coveted “land bridge” from mainland Russia to Crimea, the peninsula that Russia invaded and annexed illegally in 2014. We will stand to the end,” Stremousov said Wednesday. “We are not going to surrender the city. Though the Russians have been pushed back, they appeared to be making a more orderly, strategic retreat than they did last month in the northeastern Kharkiv region, where they “Putin’s martial law in the annexed regions … Speaking during a meeting of Russia’s security council Wednesday, Putin said he would also be establishing a new coordinating committee for the areas under martial law, to be led by Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin. I would like to reiterate that it is quite difficult today,” Surovikin said in an interview on state television. Putin said the four regions had been under martial law before Russia claimed to have annexed and absorbed them. The developments confront Kyiv and its Western backers with yet another test of their resolve. 24, and its forces stand accused of numerous war crimes. It also created some legal cover, at least under Russian law, for an array of potential abuses by military authorities and their proxies.

Vladimir Putin has declared martial law in the four provinces of Ukraine where Russia controls territory after Russian officials warned of a Ukrainian ...

“As we approach winter in Ukraine, with their successes on the battleground against Russian forces, and in light of Putin’s recent actions, it was important to meet face to face with US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and others from the US Administration to discuss our shared security concerns,” they said. US defence officials said this week they had been given no official Russian notification of a plan to start Russia’s annual nuclear training exercise, codenamed Grom. Occupation officials have warned of a coming Ukrainian counteroffensive in the area. “We are not going to surrender the city,” he said in a nationally televised interview on Wednesday. Ben Wallace, the UK defence secretary, rushed to Washington at short notice on Tuesday for urgent consultations, prompting conjecture he was having discussions about nuclear threats made by Russia. The law also limits the freedom to move in and out of the eight provinces. I do not exclude the adoption of the most difficult decisions.” “Let the Russian army fulfil its task.” Do not allow the evil empire to hide behind you, your parents, your children,” he said in a post on his Telegram channel. Russian television footage showed hundreds of people gathered at the port on Wednesday morning waiting to be removed. “Reality can hurt if you live in a fictional fantasy world,” wrote Mykhailo Podolyak. “People of Kherson, I urge you to ignore everything the occupiers tell you or demand from you.

Under Russian law, martial law allows for the strengthening of the military, curfews, limits on movement, forms of censorship and the interning of foreign ...

This includes moving some residents to "safe zones", introducing checks on entering and leaving the regions and strengthening security on infrastructure. "We are working on solving very complex large-scale tasks to ensure security and protect the future of Russia," Putin said. [Russian](https://english.alaraby.co.uk/news/russias-iranian-drones-complicated-israels-balancing-act) President [Vladimir Putin](https://english.alaraby.co.uk/news/putin-courts-taliban-calls-unfreezing-afghan-assets) on Wednesday introduced martial law in [Ukraine's](https://english.alaraby.co.uk/news/ukraine-russia-says-its-forces-repelled-kyivs-advances) Donetsk, Lugansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions that Moscow claims to have annexed.

Russia effectively already operates martial law in the regions it has stolen from Ukraine. Censorship, detention, deportation, restricted rights of assembly ...

But he has two problems: One is the counter impression. Declaring martial law helps Putin appear strong to his domestic audience at least. Putin's special military operation charade is crumbling for Russians. So much so, that last night in a television interview Putin's new commander in Ukraine, General 'Armageddon' Surovikin admitted the situation there was "tense" for Russia and "difficult decisions" would soon need to be made. As with all dictators, weakness could be terminal. Declaring martial law helps the Russian president appear strong to some of his domestic audience at least, but to the less gullible here is a leader clutching at straws and running out of options.

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday declared martial law in four Ukrainian regions that Moscow claims to have annexed as the Russian military ...

These regions also have the authority to temporarily evacuate residents to safe areas. [Constitution](http://www.constitution.ru/) gives the president the power to declare martial law “in the event of aggression against the Russian Federation or of a direct threat of aggression,” requiring that the president inform both houses of Russian parliament, the Federation Council and the State Duma. [saying](https://t.me/mos_sobyanin/2266) in a Telegram post that the city will not impose any measures that might change “the normal rhythm of life” in the city. The country's Constitution states that when martial law is in effect “the rights and freedoms of citizens of the Russian Federation, foreign citizens and stateless persons” may be restricted. "I signed a decree to introduce martial law in these four subjects of the Russian Federation," Putin said during a televised meeting of Russia’s Security Council, referring to Ukraine's Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions. Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday declared martial law in four Ukrainian regions that Moscow claims to have annexed as the Russian military continues to be plagued by setbacks in its eight-month offensive.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has declared martial law in the four regions of Ukraine that Moscow annexed.

“We are working to solve very difficult large-scale tasks to ensure Russia’s security and safe future, to protect our people,” Putin said in televised remarks at the start of a Security Council meeting. However, the order states that measures envisaged by martial law could be introduced anywhere in Russia “when necessary.” The upper house of Russia’s parliament quickly endorsed Putin’s decision to impose martial law in the annexed Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia regions.

Putin illegally annexed the regions of Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson last month, claiming them as Russian territory. Russian President Vladimir ...

Leaflets told evacuees that they could take the weight equivalent of two large suitcases, medicines and food for a few days. In a rare acknowledgement of the pressure that Kyiv’s troops are exerting on the ground, Russia’s new commander for Ukraine on Tuesday described the situation for Russian forces in the Kherson region as “very difficult”. [clampdown on anti-war dissent](https://inews.co.uk/news/protesters-against-russias-invasion-of-ukraine-face-fines-forced-labour-and-harsh-treatment-if-arrested-1496386?ico=in-line_link), [censorship of the free press](https://inews.co.uk/news/ukraine-latest-bbc-world-service-suspended-kremlin-russia-denied-impartial-journalism-1501075?ico=in-line_link) and a further erosion of human rights, with civil liberties suspended. The decree will also provide for “temporary resettlement of residents to safe areas with the obligatory provision of such residents with stationary or temporary living quarters” and restrict free movement in and out of certain areas for people and vehicles. The martial law will give Russian authorities powers to carry out “mobilisation measures in the economic sphere” as well as well as “protection of the population and territories from natural and man-made emergencies”, according to the “I signed a decree on the introduction of martial law in these four constituent entities of the Russian Federation,” he said in televised remarks to members of his Security Council on Wednesday.

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday declared martial law in four partially occupied regions of Ukraine that Russia claims as its own.

Saldo announced on Wednesday that 50,000-60,000 people would be evacuated from part of the Kherson region over the next six days as a Ukrainian counteroffensive gathers pace. The head of Russia's Security Council, Nikolai Patrushev, said on Wednesday that 5 million residents of the Donbas region and other parts of southeast Ukraine had "found refuge" in Russia in recent years from persecution by Kyiv, according to TASS. Russian law allows for the temporary "resettlement" of residents to safe areas and the evacuation of "objects of economic, social and cultural significance". The decree says that under martial law, authorities will have the power to enact measures to "meet the needs of Russia's armed forces", and that "territorial defence" will be carried out. Compelling civilians to serve in the armed forces of an occupying power is defined as a breach of the Geneva Conventions on conduct in war. The law that Putin invoked, dating from 2002, has never been used and can be implemented only if Russia faces aggression or the "immediate threat of aggression".

Forcibly transferring children during war is classified as genocide under international law. GERMANY-G20-SUMMIT. Russian President Vladimir Putin ...

[planning](https://www.vedomosti.ru/society/news/2022/10/19/946267-vlasti-hersonskoi-oblasti-prizvali-zhitelei-pokinut-oblast?from=newsline) to “relocate” about 50,000 to 60,000 people to Russian territory, the Moscow-installed regional governor Vladimir Saldo said in a television interview Tuesday. [Russian withdrawal](https://tass.com/defense/1524515) from Kherson ahead of a predicted Ukrainian counteroffensive in the region, announcing the need to make “difficult decisions” in his first major media appearance [since he took over the job earlier this month](https://www.politico.eu/article/kyiv-calls-for-air-defenses-as-putin-brings-his-syria-tactics-to-ukraine/). [Ivan Fedorov](https://t.me/ivan_fedorov_melitopol/721), the Ukrainian mayor of Melitopol in the Zaporizhzhia region, called this “a new manifestation of genocide in the occupied territories,” adding that Russia is preparing a “forcible deportation of an entire city” while claiming “to protect people from hostilities” in an attempt to create an outpost of the “Russian world” in the south of Ukraine.

Russian President Vladimir Putin declared martial law Wednesday in the four regions of Ukraine that Moscow annexed and gave additional emergency powers to ...

Putin didn’t immediately spell out the steps that would be taken under martial law, but said his order was effective starting Thursday. “We are working to solve very difficult large-scale tasks to ensure Russia’s security and safe future, to protect our people,” Putin said in televised remarks at the start of a Security Council meeting. Draft legislation indicates it may involve restrictions on travel and public gatherings, tighter censorship and broader authority for law enforcement agencies.

Russian President Vladimir Putin declared martial law Wednesday in four Ukrainian territories illegally annexed by Russia last month.