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Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a partial military mobilization on Wednesday, again blaming the West for the conflict in Ukraine.

"The sham referenda and the potential mobilization of additional forces isn't a sign of strength. The meeting between Thomas-Greenfield and Kuleba, their second since Russia's war broke out in late February, comes as the Kremlin attempts to hold referendums in Russian-controlled Ukrainian cities. It is clear what will happen to these guys there, whom, as we saw in the first days of the invasion, the army cannot properly train and provide," he said. It's widely expected that the war in Ukraine and global food security will dominate discussions. He called on the U.N. Russia denies it has targeted civilians or civilian infrastructure, despite evidence to the contrary. delegation will meet with a Ukrainian delegation on the sidelines of the U.N. As we can see, the Russian authorities intend to compensate for this with violence and repression against their own people. Yesterday he telephoned me, he is spending time there, helping in the area of Odesa and bringing closeness," Pope Francis said, according to an NBC News translation. delegate to the United Nations, Hugh Dugan. Let us unite ourselves to these people who are so noble and martyred," the Pope added. Elsewhere, Russian-backed officials in several parts of Ukraine have announced plans to hold referenda on joining Russia.

Leaders here have woken to the news from Moscow that Russian President Vladimir Putin will mobilize army reserves to support the Russian invasion of Ukraine, ...

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Strongly denouncing Russia's invasion of Ukraine, United States President Joe Biden warned United Nations Member States on Wednesday that “if a nation can ...

“This is the responsibility of every Member State.” The only country doing that is Russia.” “Russia,” he continued, “has shamelessly violated the core tenets of the United Nations Charter ... Mr, Biden said that his country had warned about the invasion and worked hard to avert war. Biden also said Russia was “right now” calling up more soldiers and preparing a “sham” referendum on the annexation of lands it already occupied in eastern Ukraine. attempted to erase a sovereign State from the map.”

The freed prisoners were American, British, Croatian, Moroccan and Swedish nationals, the Saudi ministry said in a statement, adding that a plane carrying ...

The head of the U.N. Some of them have been caught by Russian forces, along with other foreigners in the country who say they were not fighters. Large numbers of foreigners have traveled to Ukraine to fight since Russia's Feb. human rights mission in Ukraine said earlier this month that Russia was not allowing access to prisoners of war, adding that the U.N. British lawmaker Robert Jenrick said Aiden Aslin was among those released. The freed prisoners were American, British, Croatian, Moroccan and Swedish nationals, the ministry said in a statement, adding that a plane carrying the prisoners landed in the kingdom.

U.S. President Joe Biden called out Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine at the United Nations, as the Russian leader significantly escalated war efforts ...

This new announcement of $2.9 billion will save lives through emergency interventions and invest in medium- to long-term food security assistance in order to protect the world’s most vulnerable populations from the escalating global food security crisis,” the White House said in a statement. goal of ending hunger by 2030, which it is currently not on track to meet, said Rob Vos, economist at the International Food Policy Research Institute. On Tuesday, the U.S. Last week, a majority of the General Assembly’s 193 member states allowed the Ukrainian leader an exception to U.N. “But from a diplomatic standpoint for Ukraine and for Ukraine's backers, I do think this helped sharpen the focus on that conflict and also probably had the effect of isolating Russia to an even greater degree than it's already been isolated,” Bosco told VOA. The U.N. “The U.S. A permanent member of the United Nations Security Council invaded its neighbor, attempted to erase a sovereign state from the map,” Biden said. He also said the U.S. “You never want to talk about escalation, particularly when they’re vague nuclear threats, as a positive thing,” said David Bosco, who teaches international studies with a focus on the U.N. headquarters, Putin in Moscow announced the partial mobilization of his country’s military, calling up 300,000 reservists and vowing he would consider all options to protect what he considers Russian territory, raising concerns of a nuclear attack. Charter,” he added, referring to Putin’s move to hold referendums on four occupied Ukrainian regions to join Russia, widely seen as a prelude to annexation of those territories.

Russia has released U.S. citizens Alexander Drueke, 39, and Andy Huynh, 27, in a prisoner exchange brokered by Saudi Arabia, a family representative told ...

After they were captured by Russian forces, the two were detained in the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR), a Russian-backed separatist regime in eastern Ukraine. Drueke and Huynh were believed to be the first U.S. LONDON, Sept 21 (Reuters) - Russia has released U.S.