new day starts right now. four ukrainian regions illegally annexed by russia under martial law this morning. the russian military does not even have complete control of the areas, in kherson, the russians are trying to accelerate the relocation or evacuation of some 60,000 residents in the face of ukrainian advances. vladimir putin perhaps struggling to maintain his grip even inside russia. introducing several levels of increased security measures. overnight a russian rocket struck a children s school in a village in zaporizhzhia. and destruction towards the south after another night of strikes targeted the energy infrastructure. here in the u.s. president biden weighing in on the declaration of martial law saying it reveals putin s dwindling options in the war. i think that vladimir putin finds himself in an incredibly difficult position. and what it reflects to me is, it seems his only tool available to him is to brutalize individual citizens in ukraine. the state
hits anywhere close to us. that is our frederik pleitgen, he will be joining us live later here on new day. we have live coverage in moscow and kyiv. first to matthew chance, who is in moscow. matthew, what can you tell us about martial law implemented in these four ukrainian regions? reporter: this is you know, a pretty dramatic development and it s ominous as well because there have been security measures imposed on other regions as well. regions inside russia. the martial law that s been imposed on four regions of ukraine that russia recently said it had annexed means the army, the military there get almost total control over whatever the populations there are doing. it allows the military to receive property, dra goon