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Putin declares martial law in annexed Ukraine regions

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday imposed martial law in Donetsk, Lugansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions that Russia claims to have annexed. 

Putin also instructed the government to set up a special coordinating council under Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, in televised remarks to members of his Security Council, to work with Russia’s regions to boost Moscow’s war effort in Ukraine.