Independent TV
Showing now | News
![Civilians evacuate Kherson ahead of Putin declaring martial law](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/y2sXeStn/poster.jpg?width=720)
00:40
Civilians evacuate Kherson ahead of Putin declaring martial law
Civilians evacuated Kherson on Wednesday, 19 October, as Vladimir Putin said that he was introducing martial law in four Russian-occupied regions of Ukraine that were annexed in September.
Moscow-installed authorities in the southern port city told its residents to expect shelling and to evacuate in anticipation of a Ukrainian assault to take it back.
Martial law has been declared in Kherson, Zaporizhzhia, Luhansk and Donetsk.
Putin did not immediately specify what it would entail, but legislature indicates that it may involve restrictions on daily life such as travel and public gatherings.
Click here to sign up for our newsletters.
Up next
![Gérard Mestrallet on the challenges of bringing infrastructure to the region of AlUla](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/EWX1dt85/poster.jpg?width=320)
01:51
Gérard Mestrallet on the challenges of bringing infrastructure to the region of AlUla
![Sir George Iacobescu, chairman of the Canary Wharf Group on the investment into the historic region of AlUla](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/LSvQ5SQ1/poster.jpg?width=320)
02:07
Sir George Iacobescu, chairman of the Canary Wharf Group on the investment into the historic region of AlUla
![Oliver Ripley of sustainable hotel group Habitas talks about how AlUla challenged his preconceptions of Saudi Arabia](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/ADCX8FkA/poster.jpg?width=320)
02:00
Oliver Ripley of sustainable hotel group Habitas talks about how AlUla challenged his preconceptions of Saudi Arabia
![Thomas Kaplan of wild cat conservation charity Panthera on the mission to save the Arabian Leopard](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/mJh5g24R/poster.jpg?width=320)
02:09