Russia-Ukraine war live updates: Putin declares martial law in four illegally annexed regions of Ukraine - The Washington Post

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Emergency services responding to a occurrence aft shelling successful Kyiv connected Oct. 18. (State Emergency Service of Ukraine/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock)

Updated October 19, 2022 astatine 9:21 a.m. EDT|Published

October 19, 2022 astatine 8:42 a.m. EDT

Russian President Vladimir Putin said martial instrumentality volition beryllium introduced crossed 4 regions of eastbound Ukraine, which Moscow annexed successful staged referendums past period contempt not afloat controlling these areas either politically oregon militarily. The determination signals an intensifying effort to execute his subject objectives amid continuing airstrikes connected infrastructure targets.

Military officials volition instrumentality nonstop work for civilian authorities functions successful the Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions, Putin said astatine a gathering of his information council. Putin did not elaborate what precisely the instauration of martial instrumentality would alteration connected the battlefield, arsenic Russian forces are losing crushed successful the illegally annexed territories, including the confederate Kherson region.

Here’s what to know

  • The combat for Kherson could statesman successful the “very adjacent future,” a pro-Russian separatist authoritative said. Residents were ordered to permission Wednesday greeting successful anticipation of a large Ukrainian propulsion to retake the city; astatine slightest 50,000 inhabitants volition beryllium transported retired successful an cognition that pro-Moscow authorities say volition instrumentality astir a week.
  • Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky volition conscionable with advisers astir the country’s vigor strategy arsenic Russian attacks origin “massive blackouts.” Zelensky said Tuesday that 30 percent of the country’s powerfulness stations person been damaged by Russian attacks since Oct. 10, amid mounting fears of powerfulness outages successful the winter.
  • The United States, Britain and France volition rise the contented of Iran transferring weapons to Russia astatine a closed-door gathering of the U.N. Security Council, according to diplomats acquainted with the situation. The United States and European nations person denounced Russian attacks connected Ukrainian cities and captious infrastructure utilizing Iranian drones.
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