The National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine has approved this monday declare a national state of emergency given the rise in tensions with Russia in the east of the country, a measure that is still must be supported by Parliament for its entry into force.
The announcement was made by the body’s secretary, Oleksiy Danilov, who stressed that the measure would not enter into force in the Donetsk and Lugansk regionsepicenter of the conflict for eight years, as reported by the Ukrainian news portal Ukrinform.
Likewise, the Ukrainian parliament voted on Wednesday to approve a preliminary bill that allows Ukrainians to carry firearms and act in self-defense.
The Ukrainian Ministry of Internal Affairs has indicated in a message on Telegram that new restrictions are being introduced in the border areas of the country, including a ban on staying there overnight and the suspension of road traffic outside the road network leading to the border.
The Ministry has highlighted that in addition measures have 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 take videos or photographs of security elements at the border.
During the day on Monday, the president of Russia, Vladimir Putin, recognized 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 strongly criticized by the majority of the international community.
the ukrainian government estimated on Monday at 14,000 the dead in the eight years of conflict in the east of the countrybefore adding that at least 30,000 people have been injured, while 1.5 million people have been forced to flee their homes in Crimea and Donbas to escape Russian “occupation” of Ukraine’s territory.
Source: Lasexta
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