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Day 703 of the invasion of Ukraine. Summary of key events in the last 24 hours:

Day 651 of the invasion of Ukraine. Summary of key events in the last 24 hours:

Russian President Vladimir Putin declared martial law in the occupied territories of Ukraine's Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions.

He himself stated this during a meeting of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, quoted by Russian media.

At a meeting of the Security Council of Russia, Putin said that territorial defense headquarters should be established in the self-proclaimed Lugansk and Donetsk People's Republics, as well as in the Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions, reports RIA Novosti.
Martial law in these four areas will be in effect from tomorrow.

Deputy Speaker of the Federation Council of the federal Assembly of the Russian Federation. Konstantin Kosachev, stated today that the reaction of Moscow and Belgrade to the closure of the airspace to the plane of Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov must be joint and extremely harsh.

Negotiations between Russia and Ukraine are possible only under Russian conditions, but Moscow will not convince Kyiv. This was stated by the chairman of the Federation Council Valentina Matviyenko.

A request for the use of Russian armed forces abroad by President Vladimir Putin in the Federation Council (upper house of parliament) has been approved. Such a request came a little earlier today, as previously announced by Senate President Valentina Matvienko.

According to her, the Council will consider the request in an open session.

Kranjska Gora – Economy Minister Zdravko Počivalšek offered up Slovenia as a broker in geopolitical issues as he addressed an annual ceremony dedicated to Russian prisoners of war who died building the Vršič pass.

Kranjska Gora – The annual ceremony in memory of Russian POWs who perished building the Vršič pass during the First World War will be held at the Russian Chapel below Vršič mountain pass on Saturday. The first Slovenia-Russia Friendship Day will be also celebrated on the occasion.

The Russian Foreign Minister visited New York to attend events at the UN General Assembly. However, the problem erupted when the United States didn't grant visas to other members of the Russian delegation.
"At that time, when turnarounds were happening over the Atlantic, the situation was completely different," Zakharova stated for TV First Channel, reported by Sputnik.