The measure would apply to the entire country, except in Donetsk and Lugansk, which would give permission for any citizen to own and use weapons in the event of an invasion.
The National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine approved this Monday to declare the state of emergency at the national level in the face of the rise in tensions with Russia in the east of the country, a measure that has yet to receive the Parliament’s support for its entry into force. The measure would be in force for 30 days, with the possibility of being extended.
Also, the parliament has approved this Wednesday a blueprint to give citizens permission to possess firearms and use them in self-defense.
The announcement was made by the body’s secretary, Oleksiy Danilov, who stressed that the emergency would not enter into force in the Donetsk and Luhansk regionsepicenter of the conflict for eight years, as reported by the Ukrainian news portal Ukrinform.
Likewise, the Ukrainian Ministry of the Interior has indicated in a message on Telegram that new restrictions in border areas of the country, including a ban on staying in them at night and the suspension of road traffic outside the road network leading to the border.
The Ministry has highlighted that measures have also been imposed to prevent the presence of foreigners in these areas and control the use of radio stations, control the overflight of unmanned devices and make videos or photographs of security elements at the border.
During the day on Monday, the president of Russia, Vladimir Putinrecognized the independence of both Ukrainian regions and hours later ordered the entry of the Russian Armed Forces into them within the framework of a “peacekeeping mission”, decisions harshly criticized by the majority of the international community.
The Ukrainian government on Monday put the number of dead in the eight years of conflict in the east of the country at 14,000, before adding that at least 30,000 people have been injured, while 1.5 million people have been forced to flee. from their homes in Crimea and Donbas to escape the Russian “occupation” of the territory of Ukraine.
Source: Eitb
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