President of Ukraine Volodymyr ZelenskyMOSCOW, Mar 20 National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) of Ukraine during martial law in the country, stopped any activity of a number of political parties, including the Opposition Platform — For Life party, Volodymyr Zelensky said.
"The National Security and Defense Council decided, given the full-scale war and the ties of some political structures with this state, any activity of a number of political parties during martial law, — Zelensky quotes the agency "UNIAN".
We are talking about «Opposition Platform — For Life» by Viktor Medvedchuk, «Party of Sharia» and «Nashi». In addition, the activities of the Opposition Bloc, the Left Opposition, the Union of Left Forces, the Powers, the Progressive Socialist Party of Ukraine, the Socialist Party of Ukraine, the Socialists, and the Volodymyr Saldo Bloc have been suspended. To the Ukrainian Ministry of Justice instructed to «immediately» take appropriate measures against the listed political forces. On February 21, Russian President Vladimir Putin, in response to requests from the Donbass republics and after an appeal from State Duma deputies, signed decrees recognizing the sovereignty of the LPR and the DPR. Early on the morning of February 24, Russia launched a military special operation to demilitarize Ukraine. Putin called its goal «to protect people who have been subjected to abuse, genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.» According to the Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces strike only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops. Melitopol, Berdyansk and blocked Mariupol, now the fighting is going on in the city center. This made it possible to cut off the Armed Forces of Ukraine from the coast of the Sea of u200bu200bAzov and connect with a group of troops in the Donbass. In the eastern direction, the People's Militia of the DPR liberated Volnovakha and reached the Verkhnetoretskoye-Novoselovka-2 line. LPR troops are also developing an offensive. The Russian army took control of Balakleya. Kyiv is blockaded from the west, fighting is underway near Kharkiv.