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Charles Maynes

Putin orders martial law in occupied Ukrainian areas as Kyiv's forces gain ground

Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a Security Council meeting via a video link at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside Moscow on Wednesday. Putin introduced martial law in Ukraine's Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions that Moscow claims to have annexed. (Sergei Ilyin/Sputnik/AFP via Getty Images)

MOSCOW and KYIV — Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered martial law in four Russian-occupied regions of Ukraine on Wednesday — signaling his growing frustration over Ukrainian advances in territory Russia illegally annexed last month.

Speaking to his Security Council by video feed, Putin said the martial law order would take effect early Thursday in the occupied Ukrainian territories of Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia.

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