On the 19th local time, Russian President Putin held a Russian Federation security meeting, and announced the implementation of wartime states in the areas of Donetsk , Lugansk , Khlsson , and Zaporoze .
️At a later date, the Russian Federal Commission unanimously approved the presidential decree of Russian President Putin on the implementation of wartime states in four regions including Donetsk.
Ukrainian officials: Russia's so-called "wartime state" has no meaning to Ukrainian
Ukrainian media reported on the 19th that after Russian President Putin announced the implementation of wartime state in four places including Donetsk, Podoriak, adviser of Ukrainian Presidential Office, said that Ukraine and Russia have been in a "full war state" for eight months. Russia's so-called "wartime state" has no meaning to Ukraine.
Ukraine will limit electricity nationwide on the 20th
Deputy Director of Ukrainian Presidential Office Tymoshenko said on the 419th that he held a meeting with the heads of the energy and military management departments. The meeting said that the 20th would be a very difficult day, and called on all Ukrainian residents to minimize electricity use from 7:00 to 23:00 on the 20th.
Advisor to Ukrainian Energy Minister Harshenko said on the same day that according to the latest data, about 40% of Ukrainian infrastructure has been severely damaged and emergency repairs are underway. is expected to not only have an emergency power outage on the 20th, but also have planned power outages to reduce the load on the power grid.
Previously, media reported that according to the plan, Ukraine will start the heating season on the 20th.
The United States, Ukraine and others said that Iran provides drones to Russia. Russia and Iran deny
19, Russia's first deputy representative to the United Nations Dmitry Polyansky issued a statement, denied Ukraine and the West's allegations that Russia used Iranian drones to attack in Ukraine.
Polyansky said that the drones used by Russia in the Ukrainian battlefield are all produced by Russia, and there are Russian inscriptions on the shell of the drone. He said: "I think Russian is not so widely used in Iran."
Polyansky said the West's allegations were to attack Russia and Iran at the same time. He said that Iran did not violate the relevant resolutions of the Security Council on the Iran nuclear agreement.
It is understood that Iran's permanent delegation to the United Nations also wrote a letter to the Security Council that day, denied providing drones to Russia.
Previously, the United States said that Iran provided drones to Russia. The Iranian Foreign Ministry responded to this that the US accusations were "unfounded".
US experts: The United States’ delivery of weapons to Ukraine is not helpful for peace
After the outbreak of the Russian-Ukraine conflict, the United States and other countries have continued to provide weapons to Ukraine. Recently, Jack Mickey, a US military expert and former US military commander adviser to Afghanistan, said in an interview that the United States continues to send weapons to Ukraine and economic sanctions on Russia will only traumatize more Russian and Ukrainian people, and negotiations are the only feasible way to stop the current conflict.
He is worried that the escalation of the situation in Russia and Ukraine will affect the stability of the global geopolitical . The current primary goal of the United States should be to ease the situation as soon as possible and end the conflict.
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