• Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday declared martial law in the four regions of Ukraine that Moscow annexed last month.
• The regions – Donetsk People’s Republic, Luhansk People’s Republic, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson – will come under martial law Thursday, the Kremlin announced in a translated decree.

  Martial law is essential defined as putting government-run operations under direct military control.

  Putin said the change will ensure safety and maintain public order, as well as ensure “anti-terrorist protection of critical facilities.”

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