Ukraine-Russia war: No plans to declare state of emergency, says Russian President Vladimir Putin

Moscow, March 5: Amid the Russia-Ukraine war, President Vladimir Putin on Saturday said the Russian government had no plans to declare a state of emergency or make any other extraordinary provisions.

According to him, Russia normally implements so-called "special provisions" in cases of large-scale internal threats while the state of emergency can be implemented regionally or throughout the country in the event of man-made or natural disasters. Also read | Chandigarh appoints UT cadre's Purva Garg as CITCO MD, relieves Punjab's Jaswinder Kaur of charge "But, thank god, we do not have that right now. We do not plan to introduce any special provisions on the territory of the Russian Federation, we have no such plans as there is no such need today," President Vladimir Putin said at a meeting with female flight crews of Russian airlines. Meanwhile, Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday said UK Foreign Minister Liz Truss's remark about the possible involvement of NATO in the conflict in Ukraine had prompted Moscow to put its deterrence forces on high alert. At a meeting with female flight crews of Russian airlines, the Russian President explained that Russia decided to bring the deterrence forces into a special combat duty regime after Truss "blurted out that NATO could be involved in the conflict" in Ukraine, reported Sputnik. "The reaction followed — they said that nothing of the kind was meant, but no one rebuked her, no one disavowed these statements. If anyone told us something, as in, this is her personal opinion, do not pay attention. Nobody [said] anything. And what should we think about this? What should we think about this? Of course, we took it as a signal," Putin said. Also read | India logs 5,921 fresh Covid-19 cases; daily positivity rate 0.63% According to Sputnik, Putin said the Russian army had nearly completed the demolition of military infrastructure in Ukraine. "The first thing they did was the destruction of the entire military infrastructure. Well, not all, but partially, mainly warehouses with weapons, ammunition, aviation, air defense systems. Air defense systems, their elimination requires a certain amount of time: they need to be opened, then hit. Practically, this work has been completed," added Putin. According to the Russian President, only professional servicemen are participating in Russia's military operation in Ukraine, not conscripts, and the government does not plan to involve them in the operation. -PTC News