Within hours of Russia’s military attack on Ukrainian towns near its border, Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelensky imposed martial law in Ukraine.
“We impose martial law on the entire territory of our state,” Zelensky announced in a video on his official Telegram channel.
this same thursday Zelensky also announced the rupture of diplomatic relations between Ukraine and Russia after the military aggression. against Ukrainian territory ordered by the head of the Kremlin, Vladimir Putin.
With martial law, military authority prevails over civil authority, which is suspended as long as the president so determines or the conflict lasts. It is a statute of exception of application of the ordinary legal norms.
With martial law, extraordinary powers are granted to the armed forces or the police regarding the administration of jurisdiction and protection of public order.
The application of martial law also causes a limitation or suspension of some of the citizen’s rights.
The goal of Martial Law is to preserve order during an emergency, in this case war.
In parallel, Zelensky called for a general mobilization of all people of serving age in the Army for the war that Russia began this Thursday against Ukraine. (I)
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