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In a televised address to the nation on Wednesday, the Russian president said Russia's armed forces would call up its reserves immediately to support its ...

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Russia on Wednesday announced an immediate partial mobilization of 300,000 reservists and threatened to deploy nuclear weapons in the war against Ukraine.

Putin also announced that volunteers currently fighting for Russia in its war in Ukraine would be granted the same legal status as regular military personnel. He added that 5,937 Russians had been killed in the war so far. He added that Russia had 25 million men with military experience, saying that the current partial mobilization only covers about 1 percent of that number. Kremlin-installed officials in Ukraine’s southern Kherson region also indicated they planned to hold a referendum, with pro-Russian authorities in the Zaporizhzhia region indicating they would do the same. He added that, in the first instance, reservists with training and experience would be called to join up. “To defend Russia and our people, we doubtlessly will use all resources at our disposal,” Putin said.

Russian President Vladimir Putin announced Wednesday a partial mobilization in Russia as the war in Ukraine reaches nearly seven months and Moscow loses ...

The choreographed series of events was reminiscent of the Russian leader's announcement to send tens of thousands of troops into Ukraine in February. Putin also accused Western powers of providing Ukraine with long-range weapon systems that can strike deep into Russian territory — and again accused Ukraine and its allies of menacing Russia with nuclear threats. "Only those citizens will be drafted to military service who are currently in the reserve and first of all those who have served in the army, who have certain professions and have necessary experience," will be recruited for the campaign, said Putin in a televised address to the nation.

Both Hitler and Mussolini had to compromise, keeping the numbers of Waffen SS and the combat-ready Blackshirts down and placing them under regular military ...

Nor does either of them have the charisma to keep people from asking the most basic of practical questions: “Why is this supposed to be a matter of life and death to me?” And, most importantly, Putin hasn’t achieved the momentum of military victories that made both Mussolini’s and Hitler’s rhetoric far more attractive than it should have been. The values defended by the globalist West — LGBT, the legalization of perversions and drugs, the merger of man and machine, the ubiquitous mixing caused by uncontrolled migration — are inextricably linked to its military and political hegemony and the unipolar system. Even if Russians accept this narrative, however, the survivor and the individualist in them will doubtless wonder why it makes sense to die in this war. None of the “traditionalist” ideas Dugin, and Putin, would have Russians defend with their lives are as powerful as the evil constructs the 20th-century fascist leaders were so good at drumming into their nations’ minds. Western liberalism and the global military, political and economic domination of the U.S. Russian ultranationalists are aware of the shortage of to-die-for ideas and powerful stories. Belief in the superiority of the German Volk and the “Aryan race,” and thus in their final victory, prevailed for many months after Hitler’s armies ceased to be unbeatable. Many respondents would hesitate to tell a pollster — who might be a secret police official or some other kind of informer — that they like the folks the Russian military has been fighting for the last seven months. Yet Vladimir Putin’s Ukraine adventure is such a flop precisely because he is failing to ignite the kind of hatred and self-righteousness in the Russian nation that Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini inspired in Germans and Italians. One could say Russians aren’t joining Putin’s war in Nazi Germany-like numbers simply because they fear for their lives, or because they’ve heard stories of how poorly equipped and commanded the Russian military was, or simply because Russia doesn’t appear to be winning. Both Hitler and Mussolini had to compromise, keeping the numbers of Waffen SS and the combat-ready Blackshirts down and placing them under regular military commanders in the field. The message the Wagner Group private military company is pushing in its ads is that of romanticized, testosterone-fueled adventure as an alternative to boring work in a factory — but its actual promise, too, is of a high, reliable income.

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday announced a partial mobilization in Russia as the war in Ukraine reaches nearly seven months.

Russia and Ukraine blame each other for the shelling And we enjoy the full support of our partners in this." But they were quickly dismissed as illegitimate by Western leaders who are backing Kyiv with military and other support that has helped its forces seize momentum on battlefields in the east and south. The Russian leader's televised address to the nation comes a day after Russian-controlled regions in eastern and southern Ukraine announced plans to hold votes on becoming integral parts of Russia. Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday announced a partial mobilization in Russia as the war in Ukraine reaches nearly seven months and Moscow loses ground on the battlefield. 24, will start Friday in the Luhansk, Kherson and partly Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia and Donetsk regions.

MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Russian president threatens west with nuclear retaliation, saying 'we will use all the means at our disposal'

Western intelligence as well as independent media reports suggest the real figure is significantly higher, with up to 80,000 Russian soldiers been killed or wounded since the start of the war. The partial mobilisation announced by Putin will widely be seen as a major admission of the Kremlin’s military failures in Ukraine. But they were quickly dismissed as illegitimate by western leaders who are backing Kyiv with military and other support that has helped its forces seize momentum on battlefields in the east and south. The Russian leader’s televised address to the nation comes a day after Russian-controlled regions in eastern and southern Ukraine announced plans to hold “referendums” this weekend on becoming part of Russia. And we enjoy the full support of our partners in this.” Some observers proposed that the Kremlin had changed its mind on its decision to announce a mobilisation, while others pointed to Putin’s habit of keeping his audience waiting.

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday announced a partial mobilization in Russia as the war in Ukraine reaches nearly seven ...

In another signal that Russia is digging in for a protracted and possibly ramped-up conflict, the Kremlin-controlled lower house of parliament voted Tuesday to toughen laws against desertion, surrender and looting by Russian troops. “No amount of threats and propaganda can hide the fact that Ukraine is winning this war, the international community are united and Russia is becoming a global pariah.” Putin said he has already signed the decree for partial mobilization, which is due to start on Wednesday. And now the war has come into their home.” “This is a recognition of the incapacity of the Russian professional army, which has failed in all its tasks,” Nikiforov said. 24 has been the [target of broad international criticism](https://apnews.com/article/united-nations-general-assembly-russia-ukraine-biden-taiwan-4aef4aa948a199b310efd457be7e3036?utm_source=albertaprimetimes.com&utm_campaign=albertaprimetimes.com%3A%20outbound&utm_medium=referral) that has kept up intense diplomatic pressure on Moscow. Foreign leaders have described the ballots as illegitimate and nonbinding. Even a partial mobilization is likely to increase dismay, and perhaps sow doubt, among Russians about the war in Ukraine. “As we can see, the Russian authorities intend to compensate for this with violence and repression against their own people. Putin has previously warned the West not to back Russia against the wall and has rebuked NATO countries for supplying weapons to help Ukraine. General Assembly](https://apnews.com/article/united-nations-general-assembly-russia-ukraine-putin-biden-health-5596bb7d07051a8edb776faa63311f82?utm_source=albertaprimetimes.com&utm_campaign=albertaprimetimes.com%3A%20outbound&utm_medium=referral) in New York, where Moscow's invasion of Ukraine on Feb. Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said that only those with relevant combat and service experience will be mobilized.

Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered a partial mobilization of reservists in Russia, in a measure that appeared to be an admission that Moscow's war ...

[Health](https://www.ctvnews.ca/health) [Struggling to find children's medication? The number of people killed on U.S. The late Queen Elizabeth II was a master of symbolic dressing, using clothes, colours, hats and jewels to communicate with subjects and conduct soft diplomacy. For months now, Canadians have been facing a nationwide shortage of children's pain and fever medications due to unusually high demand. Canada sailed a warship through the waters of the Taiwan Strait on Tuesday as the vessel joined the ongoing effort to enforce United Nations sanctions against North Korea. The independent arbiter tasked with inspecting documents seized in an FBI search of former U.S. Making his question period debut in the House of Commons, Official Opposition leader Pierre Poilievre focused in on the cost of living and the government's handling of inflation. In another signal that Russia is digging in for a protracted and possibly ramped-up conflict, the Kremlin-controlled lower house of parliament voted Tuesday to toughen laws against desertion, surrender and looting by Russian troops. Putin said he has already signed the decree for partial mobilization, which is due to start on Wednesday. "No amount of threats and propaganda can hide the fact that Ukraine is winning this war, the international community are united and Russia is becoming a global pariah." 24 has been the target of broad international criticism that has kept up intense diplomatic pressure on Moscow. Putin has previously warned the West not to back Russia against the wall and has rebuked NATO countries for supplying weapons to help Ukraine.

Russian President Vladimir Putin declared a partial military mobilization Wednesday to call up as many as 300,000 reservists in a dramatic bid to reverse ...

The latest: Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a “partial mobilization” of troops in an address to the nation on Sept. 23 to 27 in the breakaway Luhansk and Donetsk regions of eastern Ukraine, according to Russian news agencies. Putin, who sees Russians and Ukrainians as “one people” and denies Ukraine is a genuine sovereign state, insisted Wednesday that Russia was obliged to assist people in Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region. “He wants to smear hundreds of thousands of people in this blood.” “The purpose of this West is to weaken, divide and ultimately destroy our country,” he said in a speech that was clearly aimed at shifting public ambivalence into stronger national support for the war effort. Everyone understands that all the words about the defense of the Russian-speaking population [in Ukraine] and the fight for our brothers bear no relation to reality,” he said. “Russia must now understand that it cannot impose any will by military means, even by cynically adding mock referendums in bombed and now occupied territories,” Macron said in his address. After the winter, the West may not be so united,” he said, expressing optimism that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, France’s Macron and Germany’s Scholz would press Kyiv to accept a cease fire that cements Russia’s territorial gains. “There are no tickets and it is getting more and more difficult to leave by road,” he said. One Moscow millionaire who lives in Italy but had returned to Russia for a few days, described growing disenchantment with Putin and fear for the future among businesspeople. The plans to stage referendums in four occupied regions of eastern Ukraine — Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson — from Friday to Tuesday pave the way for their illegal annexation into Russia, a step that will be rejected globally. “This is not a bluff,” he said, in a clear reference to Russia’s nuclear capabilities.

Russian president announces partial mobilisation and makes threats on west, saying 'we will use all the means at our disposal'. Plus, the Hollywood sign ...

Guterres’s appeal came in his most urgent, and bleakest, speech to date on the state of the planet. The giant letters on the hill are being cleaned and repainted, a process estimated to take eight weeks. A sign marking Little Arabia will be put up on Interstate 5, and the city council has plans to commission an in-depth study of the neighborhood. [UN secretary general has urged](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/sep/20/un-secretary-general-tax-fossil-fuel-companies-climate-crisis). On Monday, a Baltimore judge vacated the conviction of Adnan Syed, who spent 23 years behind bars for a crime he claims he did not commit. The world’s human population is forecast to surpass 8 billion in the coming months. Space Force was created in 2019 at the behest of the Trump White House. Many of the companies that claimed to be serving food were sponsored by a non-profit called Feeding Our Future, which submitted the companies’ claims for reimbursement. Authorities say a total of $250m was stolen from the federal program. The Russian leader’s televised address to the country came a day after Russian-controlled regions in Ukraine announced plans to hold votes on becoming part of Russia. Chicago authorities have not released an analysis of the results. This could set the stage for Moscow to escalate the war after Ukrainian successes.

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered a partial mobilization of reservists in Russia, in a measure that appeared to be an admission ...

The war in Ukraine, which has killed thousands of people, has driven up food prices worldwide and caused energy costs to soar. And now the war has come into their home.” The partial mobilization order came a day after Russian-controlled regions in eastern and southern Ukraine announced plans for referendums on becoming integral parts of Russia — a move that could eventually allow Moscow to escalate the war. “To those who allow themselves such statements regarding Russia, I want to remind you that our country also has various means of destruction ... Neither Shoigu nor Putin offered any other criteria for the call-up, so it wasn’t clear how many years of combat experience or what level of training those to be mobilized must have. The total number of reservists to be called up could be as high as 300,000, officials said. The balloting is all but certain to go Moscow’s way. The state communication watchdog Roskomnadzor also warned media that access to their websites would be blocked for transmitting “false information” about the mobilization. Foreign leaders are already calling the votes illegitimate and nonbinding. The first such call-up in Russia since World War II is sure to further fuel tensions with the Western backers of Ukraine, who derided it as an act of weakness and desperation. As protest calls circulated online, the Moscow prosecutor’s office warned that organizing or participating in such actions could lead to up to 15 years in prison. In his seven-minute nationally televised address, Putin also warned the West he isn't bluffing over using everything at his disposal to protect Russia — an apparent reference to his nuclear arsenal.

Anti-war groups said the limited airplane tickets out of Russia reached enormous prices due to high demand and swiftly became unavailable.

A group based in Serbia, Russians, Belarussians, Ukrainians and Serbs Together Against War, tweeted that there were no available flights to Belgrade from Russia until mid-October. Russia has seen a marked exodus of citizens since Putin ordered his troops to invade Ukraine almost seven months ago. The price for flights from Moscow to Istanbul or Dubai increased within minutes before jumping again, reaching as high as 9,200 euros (US$9,119) for a one-way economy class fare.

The cost of flights departing from Moscow skyrocketed after Vladimir Putin announced a “partial military mobilization” in a televised address.

The trip would typically cost between £120 and £185, making the price around nine times more expensive than the normal fare, according to Google data. The same flight ordinarily costs between £730 and £1,700. A large number of countries have placed bans on planes landing directly from Russia, including the U.S., the U.K., and most of mainland Europe. A flight to Tel-Aviv, Israel, from Moscow would normally cost between £350 and £570, but the cheapest flight on Wednesday costs £1,398 at the time of writing. Flights to Istanbul typically cost between £240 and £320 but the cheapest flight is a 13 hour 35 minute journey for £1,008 with Azerbaijan Airlines. Prices weren't available for flights to Armenia for Wednesday at the time of writing, but a single economy flight to the capital, Yerevan, for Thursday costs £1,117 ($1,267).

Russian leader's speech marks biggest escalation of Ukraine war, and raises fears of unprecedented disaster.

The offering of bribes to dodge the army, already a flourishing industry before the war, will probably become much more common in the coming weeks. “Russia’s repressed society will accept this obediently,” said Andrei Kolesnikov, of the Carnegie Moscow Center thinktank. “I can’t keep on fighting for ever. According to a government decree posted on the Kremlin’s website, the contracts of soldiers currently fighting in Ukraine will be automatically extended “until the end of the partial mobilisation” period. Many responded to these efforts, with polls consistently Since the start of the war, Putin has sought to shield his population from the realities of the war, with the Kremlin eager to cultivate a sense of normality on the streets of Moscow and other major cities.

Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered a partial mobilization of reservists in the first mobilization in Russia since World War II.

The National Security Council spokesperson also addressed Putin's nuclear threats, saying there will be “severe consequences” if Russia uses nuclear weapons ...

always takes “this kind of rhetoric seriously.” takes “this kind of rhetoric seriously.” “This is not a bluff.”

As President Vladimir Putin calls up some 300,000 reservists to bolster Russian lines in Ukraine, he is hoping to turn the tide against a Ukrainian ...

23 to 27 in the breakaway Luhansk and Donetsk regions of eastern Ukraine, according to Russian news agencies. The latest: Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a “partial mobilization” of troops in an address to the nation on Sept. While there is not enough data to provide a precise estimate, statistical analysis shows that young, married, ‘unemotional’ men are significantly more likely than any other category to keep their opinions about the war to themselves — a pattern found among young men in But 26 percent of those men avoided the question altogether, a number 20 percentage points higher than for the survey as a whole. Those 8 percent, however, were particularly likely to oppose the war itself. The surveys also show that women are more likely to openly oppose the war than men. Of those who said they felt all four or more negative emotions, 74 percent opposed the war. Indeed, 31 percent of respondents said that the war made them feel horror, fear or anxiety. Indeed, of people who reported feeling just one of these positive emotions, 98 percent said they supported the war; that rose to fully 100 percent of the respondents who felt proud, hopeful and happy at the same time. [overwhelming majority in support](https://www.levada.ru/2022/09/01/konflikt-s-ukrainoj-avgust-2022-goda/), beginning at 81 percent in March and falling only slightly to 76 percent in August. Among respondents aged 18 to 24, ‘only’ 68 percent supported the war — still a large majority, but much less than the 81 percent among the total population, or the 88 percent among those aged 55 and older. New data, however, suggests he should be worried about turning a different tide: that of public support for the war.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's mobilization of 300000 troops is a “sign he's struggling” in the war in Ukraine, a spokesman for President Joe Biden's ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered a partial mobilization of reservists Wednesday, taking a risky and deeply unpopular step that follows humiliating ...

The NASA InSight Lander has 'heard' and detected the vibrations of four space rocks as they slammed into Mars over the past two years. For months now, Canadians have been facing a nationwide shortage of children's pain and fever medications due to unusually high demand. Making his question period debut in the House of Commons, Official Opposition leader Pierre Poilievre focused in on the cost of living and the government's handling of inflation. The government has a plan if questions about UFOs are raised in Parliament. The Royal Canadian Air Force says an improperly assembled oil filter led to the crash of a Snowbirds jet in northern British Columbia last month. The war in Ukraine, which has killed thousands of people, has driven up food prices worldwide and caused energy costs to soar. Neither Shoigu nor Putin offered any other criteria for the call-up, so it wasn't immediately clear how many years of combat experience or what level of training those to be mobilized must have. The partial mobilization order came a day after Russian-controlled regions in eastern and southern Ukraine announced plans for referendums on becoming integral parts of Russia -- a move that could eventually allow Moscow to escalate the war. The state communication watchdog Roskomnadzor also warned media that access to their websites would be blocked for transmitting "false information" about the mobilization. The total number of reservists to be called up could be as high as 300,000, officials said. He has previously told the West not to back Russia against the wall and has rebuked NATO countries for supplying weapons to Ukraine. The move also sent Russians scrambling to buy plane tickets out of the country and reportedly sparked some demonstrations.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's call for a partial mobilization of troops to fight in the battlefields of Ukraine is raising the stakes at home, ...

"We will certainly make use of all weapon systems available to us," he said. and the U.K., from supplying Ukraine with weapons. Russia celebrated its seizure of those two areas as it created a land corridor to Crimea, which it annexed in 2014. Shoigu said while there are 2.5 million men in reserve who are eligible to be called up, 300,000 will be drafted into service now. Vargulis said Putin's nuclear threat is worrying given that he is likely feeling desperate to achieve a success on the battlefield, but he isn't sure the president is ready to use nuclear weapons against Ukraine or NATO countries. He sees Putin's decision to call a partial mobilization as a kind of "stress test" for his popularity. Organizers of a referendum in March 2014 said a majority of people in Crimea asked to leave Ukraine and join Russia, but most of the international community has dismissed the vote as illegitimate. In an interview with CBC, he said he believes Russia is underestimating the number of its soldiers who have been killed and the partial mobilization is not only a sign of how many have been killed and wounded, but also an indication that the country's recruitment campaign hasn't worked. He said previous efforts to recruit among that group have not been successful becuase people choose to keep working and are "probably not ready to die for these crazy ideas of the president of Russia." Russian officials have tried to frame the battlefield loss as a chance to "regroup," but some pro-war bloggers have called online for Russia to intensify its attack. He said when he reported to the office, his documents were changed to show that he should serve as a front-line soldier. President Vladimir Putin's call Wednesday to mobilize Russian troops to fight in the battlefields of Ukraine is raising the stakes at home, where the government message has been that life continues as normal despite the "special military operation" next door.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced a partial mobilization in Russia as the fighting reaches nearly seven months.

In another signal that Russia is digging in for a protracted and possibly ramped-up conflict, the Kremlin-controlled lower house of parliament voted Tuesday to toughen laws against desertion, surrender and looting by Russian troops. Putin said he has already signed the decree for partial mobilization, which is due to start on Wednesday. “No amount of threats and propaganda can hide the fact that Ukraine is winning this war, the international community are united and Russia is becoming a global pariah.” The war, which has killed thousands of people, has driven up food prices worldwide and caused energy costs to soar. And now the war has come into their home.” Putin has previously warned the West not to back Russia against the wall and has rebuked NATO countries for supplying weapons to help Ukraine.

President Vladimir Putin ordered Russia's first wartime mobilisation since World War Two on Wednesday, shocking his countrymen with what Western countries ...

In his speech to the U.N. "He wants to smear hundreds of thousands of people in this blood." A new sign of RU weakness," tweeted Mark Hertling, a former commander of U.S. If a man is driving, they inspect; if it's a woman, they ask her to open the luggage compartment. In the city of Kursk, closer to Ukraine, a woman married to a soldier said: "They're not letting people out of Kursk. Biden, in a speech to world leaders at the U.N. If the man is from Kursk, they turn you back." In a note seen by Reuters, one major company told staff: "We already have employees who have received summonses for tomorrow. They should know that "the weathervane can turn towards them", he said. It's not a bluff." Russians said some people were already receiving call-up notices, and police were barring men from leaving one city in the south. Offering no evidence, Putin accused officials in NATO states of threatening to use nuclear weapons against Russia.

President Joe Biden harshly condemned Russia's invasion of Ukraine, saying the move was a direct violation of the United Nation's charter.

A nuclear war cannot be won and must never be fought," Biden said. "Russia has shamelessly violated the core tenets of the United Nations' charter, no more important than the clear prohibition against countries taking the territory of their neighbor by force." He did not provide many details in his speech as to what a partial military mobilization would entail, but it could mean that Russian businesses and citizens have to contribute more to the war effort. "No matter what else is happening in the world, the United States is ready to pursue critical arms control measures. The country has not yet declared war on Ukraine, despite having invaded in February, an invasion it still calls "a special military operation." "This war is about extinguishing Ukraine's right to exist as a state, plain and simple."

US president says Russia's planned annexation of more regions is an 'extremely significant violation' of UN charter.

“The Kremlin is organising a sham referendum to try to annex parts of Ukraine, an extremely significant violation of the UN charter. The Russian leader and his senior officials have made a string of similar nuclear threats since launching the invasion in February, in an effort to deter Nato countries from intervening. In his speech, Putin gave support to those ballots in the parts of Ukraine’s Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia runder Russian control. “This war is about extinguishing Ukraine’s right to exist as a state, plain and simple, and Ukraine’s right to exist as a people. The announcement triggered an exodus of Russian men scrambling to avoid the draft. [Vladimir Putin’s threats to use nuclear weapons](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/sep/21/putin-announces-partial-mobilisation-in-russia-in-escalation-of-ukraine-war) and pledged to maintain support for Ukraine’s support in the face of Russia’s partial mobilisation and planned annexation of more Ukrainian regions.

Warning that Russia's imperial ambitions threaten the globe, President Joe Biden stood at the United Nations and denounced Moscow's efforts to “erase” ...

But rather than fly directly from London to New York, he returned to the White House for nearly 24 hours — and delivered a slightly off-topic speech about dark money in politics — before making his way to Manhattan on Tuesday evening. Beyond Putin, China’s Xi Jinping and India’s Narendra Modi have not made the trip to New York, depriving Biden of an ability to chastise the two powers face to face for the soft support of Russia. He headed straight for a Democratic party fundraiser — one of at least two on his New York itinerary. The president hammered that point home from the rostrum in Turtle Bay, calling for the continent to stiffen its resolve as the United States continues to funnel billions of dollars of weapons and supplies to the Ukrainian resistance. Hushed conversations across New York this week also held the rumor that Volodymyr Zelenskyy might also appear in Bali, in what would be his first time leaving his war-torn country since Russia’s invasion. The Western alliance’s resolve will be tested by what looms as a cold, dark winter for Europe — with the continent cut off from Russia’s energy supplies, its resolve tested by rising prices and plunging temperatures. officials believe the most perilous moment of the conflict is on the horizon. “Russia has shamelessly violated the core tenants of the United Nations charter.” Putin had long resisted any sort of military mobilization for fears that a widespread effort to recruit more fighters could lead to protests and other domestic turmoil. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and national security adviser Jake Sullivan reviewed the speech with Biden in the morning, adjusting and emphasizing certain lines, aides said. Biden aides believe Ukraine’s recent wins prove it remains worth it for Europe to stand with Kyiv. But Putin’s inflammatory rhetoric heightened his call’s urgency, with fears growing that the Russian president would use some sort of tactical nuclear device on the battlefield.

One question is how to retaliate against a Russian nuclear strike. Another is whether to announce it clearly or vaguely, publicly or privately.

In this case, it would be best to communicate that not vaguely but specifically, and not publicly but privately — to Putin. This would signal to Ukraine and the world that any breach of the nuclear taboo will be punished. The US could make plans for regime change — that is, for taking Putin and his inner circle out — in the event of nuclear escalation. Another problem is that a restrained response would look woefully inadequate to the Ukrainians and the rest of the world. The advantage is that Putin must assume the worst. Putin might conclude that the US isn’t prepared to retaliate with nukes, and launch even more nuclear strikes. It would also reassure Ukrainians and the world that the US will answer escalation tit for tat — that it’ll enforce the nuclear taboo. The target could be the exact base that launched the nuclear strike. This in turn would force countries that have forsaken nuclear weapons in the name of non-proliferation or disarmament — as Ukraine did in the 1990s — to build their own arsenals. His motivation would be to force Ukraine to surrender and the West to get out of the conflict — but without inviting automatic retaliation by the US. Instead of caving, the West would also send more weapons to Ukraine, and more forces, including nuclear arms, to NATO’s eastern front. For Putin, nuclear escalation wouldn’t be a way of snatching victory from the jaws of defeat, but of snatching survival — political or even physical — from the maw of oblivion.

Putin's address to the nation comes a day after Russian-controlled regions in eastern and southern Ukraine announced plans to hold votes on becoming ...

The laws are expected to win approval of the upper house and Putin. national security adviser Jake Sullivan, the US national security adviser, said Russia would manipulate "sham" results to annex the land. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy dismissed the voting as “noise” and thanked Ukraine’s allies for condemning the votes. Referendums have been discussed for weeks, but voting had not been expected until November. But the conflict he had hoped would be completed in weeks has dragged on for seven months with Ukraine has blamed Russia for the bombings, which international regulators warn could trigger a nuclear disaster.

Putin's military call-up and possible nuclear threat comes days after the Ukrainian army pulled off a surprise counteroffensive to recapture territory ...

In a statement to The Associated Press, Sergii Nikiforov said conscripts sent to the front line in Ukraine would face a similar fate as the ill-prepared Russian forces who were repelled in their attack on Kyiv in the first days of the war. And now the war has come into their home,” he told the AP. “This is a further escalation in Putin’s war. World peace is in jeopardy.” “We will stand in solidarity against Russia’s aggression. “I want to remind you that our country also has various means of destruction …

In interview with German TV, the Ukrainian leader repeated calls for Berlin to supply Ukraine with more heavy weapons.

Annexation referendums set to be held in Russian-occupied areas of Ukraine were “sham referendums”, Zelenskyy said, adding that 90 percent of states would not recognise them. “He needs an army of millions … Moscow and separatists control large swaths of Ukraine’s northeast region, which is approximately 15 percent of its total territory. Putin “wants to drown Ukraine in blood, also the blood of his own soldiers”, Zelenskyy said. Zelenskyy stressed he did not accept the German government’s argument that it was not providing Ukraine with tanks because it does not want to “go it alone”, as no NATO country has supplied it with Western-made battle tanks so far. [ don’t think the world will allow him to use these weapons](/news/2022/9/18/dont-dont-dont-biden-presses-putin-on-nuclear-weapons),” Zelenskyy said in an interview to TV channel of Germany Bild newspaper, referring to nuclear arms.

(Bloomberg) -- President Joe Biden condemned Russian President Vladimir Putin's invasion as a violation of the principles underpinning the United Nations ...

Biden also announced $2.9 billion in US government assistance to address food insecurity and called on nations to prioritize the issue. The safe-transit deal allows grain shipments to flow out of three of Ukraine’s Black Sea ports blockaded by Russian forces. Putin has warned he may freeze oil and gas exports in response to a cap. His administration approved $600 million in additional weaponry from US stockpiles as it seeks to add momentum to Ukrainian forces’ recent counteroffensive against Russian troops in the northeast Kharkiv region. Kyiv has gained the military advantage against Moscow with a lightning offensive as Europe grapples with an unprecedented energy crisis that could test US allies’ willingness to maintain the pressure campaign on Putin. “This war is about extinguishing Ukraine’s right to exist as a state, plain and simple.

Biden administration officials vowed to continue sending military, economic and humanitarian aid to help Ukraine defend itself against Russia.

“Putin is tripling down — first with the mobilization of reservists, second with the false referendums of citizenship for the occupied territories, and third with a largely unveiled threat to use nuclear weapons,” said Adm. “Bottom line, it’s not going to change a lot of the problems the Russian military has had in this war, and the military will be limited as to how many additional forces it can deploy in the field,” Mr. We have not had to do that in over 30 years.” “But it does begin to address the structural problems that Russia has had with manpower shortages and will extend Russia’s ability to sustain this war.” “It will be many months before they can be properly equipped, trained, organized and deployed to Ukraine,” said Frederick B. “And without massive artillery support, these new soldiers will be pure cannon fodder, sitting in cold, wet trenches this winter as Ukrainian forces continue to press.” Michael Kofman, director of Russia studies at CNA, a defense research institute in Arlington, Va., said the Kremlin’s first step would likely be to call up reserve officers and others with more recent military experience to replenish badly depleted units in the field, perhaps in the next month or so. “The announcement and associated threats are another sign that Russia is struggling to salvage its illegal occupation of Ukraine,” Brig. Putin would face a “consequential” response from the United States if he used nuclear weapons, but Mr. The Russian military has been identifying such personnel for months in anticipation of Mr. The United States alone has committed more than $15 billion in weapons and equipment since Russia’s invasion in February, much of which propelled the recent successful Ukrainian counteroffensive in the country’s northeast. Putin said: “If the territorial integrity of our country is threatened, we will certainly use all the means at our disposal to protect Russia and our people.

Protests erupted across Russia on Wednesday after President Vladimir Putin ordered a partial mobilization of reservists, taking a risky and deeply unpopular ...

Another Russian, Valery, said his wife's family lives in Kyiv, and mobilization is out of the question for him "just for the moral aspect alone." And now the war has come into their home." A group based in Serbia — Russians, Belarussians, Ukrainians and Serbs Together Against War — tweeted that there were no available flights to Belgrade from Russia until mid-October. The Moscow prosecutor's office warned that organizing or participating in protests could lead to up to 15 years in prison. The price for flights from Moscow to Istanbul or Dubai increased within minutes before jumping again, reaching as high as 9,200 euros ($12,200 Cdn) for a one-way economy class fare. Serbia's capital, Belgrade, has become a popular destination for Russians during the war. Wednesday's were the first nationwide anti-war protests since the fighting began in late February. In his 14-minute nationally televised address, Putin also warned the West that he isn't bluffing over using everything at his disposal to protect Russia — an apparent reference to his nuclear arsenal. He's going to drop a bomb on us, and we're all still protecting him. No to war!" Nearly 1,200 Russians were arrested in anti-war demonstrations in cities including Moscow and St. The risky order follows humiliating setbacks for Putin's troops nearly seven months after they invaded Ukraine.

Canada's environment minister was also asked about the timing of Putin's decision to announce the partial mobilization of Russian reservists on the eve of ...

Biden called on the world to “be clear, firm and unwavering in our resolve” against Russia. The world should see these outrageous events for what they are,” he continued. “Now Russia is calling up more soldiers … “Putin has fundamentally miscalculated in a whole bunch of different ways,” he added later in the press conference. “These phony exercises with predetermined results will have zero legitimacy, and Canada will not recognize them,” she said. Even a partial mobilization is likely to increase dismay, or sow doubt, among Russians about the war in Ukraine.

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The NASA InSight Lander has 'heard' and detected the vibrations of four space rocks as they slammed into Mars over the past two years. For months now, Canadians have been facing a nationwide shortage of children's pain and fever medications due to unusually high demand. Meanwhile, the third-place NDP is gaining on the Liberals with a six-point rise. More than a half million people in Puerto Rico remained without water service three days after Hurricane Fiona slammed into the U.S. Peppered with questions, Liberal ministers refused to confirm their plans, saying they'd have more to say soon. In a stark repudiation of Donald Trump's legal arguments, a federal appeals court on Wednesday permitted the U.S. With files from The Associated Press. We all know that there's going to be more required." "We're not going to declare ... Rae said Tuesday that he recently visited Haiti to see the chaos for himself. And Canada said we will help Europe in as many ways as we can while maintaining our fight against climate change." He pointed to Canada's expertise in exporting and shipping grain around the world, a specific challenge given Ukraine's role as a leading global source.

Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered a partial mobilization of reservists Wednesday, taking a risky and deeply unpopular step that follows humiliating ...

The war in Ukraine, which has killed thousands of people, has driven up food prices worldwide and caused energy costs to soar. The partial mobilization order came a day after Russian-controlled regions in eastern and southern Ukraine announced plans for referendums on becoming integral parts of Russia — a move that could eventually allow Moscow to escalate the war. And now the war has come into their home.” “To those who allow themselves such statements regarding Russia, I want to remind you that our country also has various means of destruction ... Neither Shoigu nor Putin offered any other criteria for the call-up, so it wasn’t immediately clear how many years of combat experience or what level of training those to be mobilized must have. The state communication watchdog Roskomnadzor also warned media that access to their websites would be blocked for transmitting “false information” about the mobilization. The balloting is all but certain to go Moscow’s way. The total number of reservists to be called up could be as high as 300,000, officials said. He has previously told the West not to back Russia against the wall and has rebuked NATO countries for supplying weapons to Ukraine. As protest calls circulated online, the Moscow prosecutor’s office warned that organizing or participating in such actions could lead to up to 15 years in prison. The move also sent Russians scrambling to buy plane tickets out of the country and reportedly sparked some demonstrations. However, Putin's decree authorizing the partial mobilization offered few details, raising suspicions among analysts and Kremlin critics that the draft could be broadened at any moment.

In a harsh warning, President Vladimir Putin declared that he won't hesitate to use nuclear weapons to protect Russian territory, a threat that comes as ...

UK PM spurns Russian president's 'sabre-rattling' as she prepares call for democratic renewal in UN address.

His assaults on the UN charter and international norms that protect us will not be tolerated and he must withdraw from Ukraine to enable a return to regional and global stability.” “We need to keep improving and renewing what we do for the new era, demonstrating that democracy delivers.” “He is doubling down by sending even more reservists to a terrible fate.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's military mobilization order and threats to use nuclear weapons show that the Ukraine invasion is failing, Canadian Prime ...

The West says it is a land grab and an attempt to reconquer a country that broke free of Moscow's rule with the break-up of the Soviet Union in 1991. an example of things not going to his plan." In a televised address earlier on Wednesday, Putin announced Russia's first wartime mobilization since World War Two and plans to annex parts of Ukraine.

Putin has mobilised reservists and is threatening to use nuclear weapons, but is he serious – and what is really at stake?

[Zoe Williams compellingly](https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2022/sep/21/i-love-you-but-i-dont-want-to-see-you-for-the-next-six-weeks-the-case-for-a-marriage-sabbatical)lays out the case for marriage sabbaticals. See the visual investigation [here](https://www.theguardian.com/football/ng-interactive/2022/sep/21/liverpool-real-madrid-paris-stade-de-france-champions-league). [more than 1,300 people had been arrested](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/sep/22/russia-protests-more-than-1300-arrested-at-anti-war-demonstrations-ukraine) during anti-war protests in dozens of cities, according to the independent OVD-Info protest monitoring group. [historic court battle against oil and gas company Santos](https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/sep/21/tiwi-islanders-win-court-battle-with-santos-over-drilling-in-traditional-waters). In [this piece](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/sep/21/russians-react-to-vladimir-putin-military-draft-russia-partial-mobilisation), Andrew Roth hears from some of the dismayed Russians who could be affected by the draft, one of whom says: “I’d rather leave than fight in this war.” [pre-prepared before the day of the match](https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/sep/21/uefa-pre-prepared-champions-league-final-statement-blaming-late-fans-liverpool), the Guardian has learned. [attacked Crimea](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/aug/21/ukraine-strikes-psychological-blows-game-of-drones-crimea), which is annexed Russia territory,” Peter said. “And those were the briefings from the US – that we’re not going to be deterred, but we can see the dynamics of escalation and we’re not going to overplay our hand. The thinking is that they need to continue to lay down their own lines for what is acceptable and what is not, and ignore Putin’s – not to reward him for his sabre-rattling.” Truss accused Putin of “doubling down” but accused him of “sabre-rattling threats” and concluded: “This will not work.” Biden said Putin’s “overt nuclear threats against Europe” showed “a reckless disregard for the responsibilities of the non-proliferation regime.” [Russia](https://www.theguardian.com/world/russia)? Chris Cornelius, the founder of Cuadrilla Resources, told the Guardian that he believed the government’s support for it is merely a “political gesture”.

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[are waning](https://carnegieendowment.org/2022/09/07/my-country-right-or-wrong-russian-public-opinion-on-ukraine-pub-87803). The security services, for their part, are laser-focused on stamping out dissent, arresting and jailing any form of [opposition](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/05/world/europe/russia-journalist-safronov-treason.html). [indoctrination](https://russiapost.info/society/putinism_for_kids) for schoolchildren and has instituted new [restrictions](https://o.stihi.ru/svo?fbclid=IwAR1EzbPL8cBZrQqoQmQ3dzXnSeR1Djuw-w-gQwTTA0Iz8vBae6oLR1u0n3s) on supposedly pernicious content in art. Here are some [tips](https://help.nytimes.com/hc/en-us/articles/115014925288-How-to-submit-a-letter-to-the-editor). [Darya Dugina](https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/08/21/world/ukraine-russia-news-war), the daughter of one of Russia’s best-known imperial ideologists, Alexander Dugin, was assassinated in Moscow. Likewise, plans to hold referendums in Ukraine’s occupied territories — Donetsk and Luhansk in the east, Kherson and Zaporizka in the south — are designed to redraw the terms of the conflict, in ways congenial to the president’s hawkish critics. [Ramzan Kadyrov](https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2022/09/16/russian-governors-back-kadyrovs-call-to-self-mobilize-residents-for-ukraine-deployment-a78809), has called for “self-mobilization,” inviting regional elites to recruit at least 1,000 citizens each, raising about 85,000 new troops in total. Opponents of the war have weighed in — about 40 officials from municipal councils [signed](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/12/world/europe/russia-putin-ukraine-war.html) a petition requesting the president’s resignation — and previously loyal figures have begun to mutter about the regime’s failings. [Telegram channels](https://russiapost.info/politics/voenkor), some of which have up to one million followers, run by war journalists embedded with the Russian Army. [talk shows](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/12/world/europe/russia-tv-moscow-ukraine-war.html), usually so deferential, have given the floor to more critical voices. In a sign of general discontent, [Alla Pugacheva](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/18/world/europe/alla-pugacheva-ukraine.html), Russia’s most famous 20th-century pop star, has come out against the war. The party of war has been very vocal since April, when it became clear that the Russian Army was unable to conquer Kyiv and overthrow the Zelensky government.