Battle nations boss strike3/20/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() This gives him sweeping powers to repurpose local industry to help the war effort, restrict the movement of civilians, commandeer goods or properties deemed necessary for troops, ban elections and gatherings, and impose curfew. Vladimir Putin has declared martial law in occupied regions of Ukraine - Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia - and additional but less-severe measures in Crimea, and the Russian regions bordering Ukraine. Speculation has been growing that Putin could be preparing some kind of nuclear show of force, including the first open-air detonation of an atomic weapon since the 1960s - potentially over the Black Sea - with Downing Street today warning that he will face 'severe consequences' if nukes are used. ![]() If Putin's army is forced to flee then the defeat would be the most humiliating it has suffered to date, raising fears of further escalation. The administration is also moving, Saldo added, though vowed Russia would 'fight to the death' to regain full control. Evacuations got under way there today as Vladimir Saldo, the Kremlin's man in the city, said up to 60,000 people will be moved in the next six days - suggesting it could come under attack within a week. Putin made the announcement shortly after Sergei Surovikin, his new commander in Ukraine, said the situation in Kherson is 'tense'. It is unclear exactly what measures will come into force here, though Putin's order stops short of calling it full martial law. The order also affects occupied Crimea and Krasnodar, Belgorod, Bryansk, Voronezh, Kursk, and Rostov, all of which are on Russia's own territory bordering Ukraine. Putin said the order will come into effect from midnight in Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions - giving him sweeping powers to curtail the freedoms of civilians, repurpose industries, and press-gang Ukrainians into his armed forces to fight their fellow countrymen, though it is unclear if all these powers will be used. Vladimir Putin has declared martial law in the occupied regions of Ukraine as officials began evacuating civilians from the city of Kherson, with a battle for control of the stronghold now looming. ![]()
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