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EXPLAINER: What's behind referendums in occupied Ukraine?

Four occupied regions in eastern and southern Ukraine are set to start voting Friday in Kremlin-engineered referendums on whether to become part of Russia, setting the stage for Moscow to annex the areas in a sharp escalation of the nearly seven-month war

The Independent UK

Ukraine celebrates release of over 200 captives in surprise swap with Russia

Commanders who led defence of Azovstal steelworks among those freed in exchange for Putin ally and 55 Russian soldiers

The Guardian - UK

Russia's nuclear threat: Is Vladimir Putin bluffing or is he really a 'terrorist with nuclear weapons?'

As Vladimir Putin warns he's willing to use any military means necessary in the war with Ukraine, experts say the possibility of Russia using nuclear weapons must be taken seriously.

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Vladimir Putin 'will mobilise 1million civilian reservists to fight Ukraine' NOT 300,000

A source has claimed that Vladimir Putin will be allowed to call up a total of one million people, not 300,000 as officially announced. He is said to be scared to reveal the truth to Russians

Daily Mirror

Putin is mobilising 300,000 more soldiers to fight his war. But Ukrainians feel hope, not fear

More Russian families will come face-to-face with the realities of war – and that’s what the Kremlin didn’t want, says Ukrainian journalist Nataliya Gumenyuk

The Guardian - UK

Russia could draft ‘up to one million soldiers’ to fight in Ukraine

First Russian mobilisation since Second World War follows series of military setbacks in Ukraine

The Independent UK

Russian influencer, 18, faces 6 YEARS in jail just for posting on Instagram

Veronika Loginova, 18, has been threatened with a six year jail term for using Instagram - despite Vladimir Putin's cronies using it and getting away scot-free - as she is now urging people to share her story

Daily Mirror

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How will Putin’s mobilisation change the war in Ukraine?

Russia’s war call-up comes as troops suffer battlefield losses and amid plans to annex more Ukrainian territory.

Al Jazeera

Ukraine frees Putin ally in swap deal for hundreds of troops

Ukraine handed over a key ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin in exchange for hundreds of prisoners of war including many captured in a landmark battle, a swap that outraged pro-Kremlin propagandists.

Tribune News Service

Putin’s call-up brings reality of war home to many Russians

President Vladimir Putin’s order to call up as many as 300,000 reservists to fight in Ukraine triggered alarm and demonstrations as Russians were forced to confront the reality of the deadly conflict.

Tribune News Service

Kremlin denies that mobilisation decree allows a million to be enlisted

The Kremlin on Thursday denied a report by the independent Novaya Gazeta Europe that an undisclosed clause in President Vladimir Putin's decree on partial mobilisation provided for one million reservists to be enlisted to fight in Ukraine.

Reuters

Ukraine war: Lavrov walks out of UN security council; Russians flee country to avoid military draft – as it happened

Queues seen at Russia’s land borders and flights sell out as Moscow begins drafting citizens into army to fight in Ukraine

The Guardian - AU

More than 1,300 arrested in anti-war protests across Russia

Demonstrators heard shouting ‘send Putin to the trenches’

The Independent UK

Kremlin: reports of exodus of fighting-age men are exaggerated

The Kremlin on Thursday said reports of an exodus of draft-age men from Russia after President Vladimir Putin's announcement of a partial mobilisation were "exaggerated".

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The Guardian - UK

Thursday briefing: How to make sense of Putin’s nuclear threats

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

Daily Mirror

Son of top Kremlin official has 'no intention' of call-up for Putin’s war mobilisation

The son of a senior Kremlin official has claimed he would use his connections to avoid a military call-up after falling for a prank call from a man pretending be an army officer

The Independent UK

Putin issuing nuclear threats to cover up ‘catastrophic failure’ in Ukraine, says Truss

‘It’s not a bluff’: Russian leader’s chilling threat to use ‘means of destruction’

The Independent UK

Truss hits out at ‘catastrophic failure’ of Putin in Ukraine in UN speech

Comments by the Russian leader in a televised address to the nation appeared to suggest the conflict in Ukraine could spiral into a nuclear crisis.

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The Independent UK

Cornered by war, Putin makes another nuclear threat

President Vladimir Putin says he won’t hesitate to use nuclear weapons to protect Russian territory, a threat that comes as Moscow is poised to annex swaths of Ukraine that Moscow has taken over after hastily called referendums there

Manchester Evening News

Five British prisoners of war held by Russian-backed forces in Ukraine are safely returned

Prime Minister Liz Truss confirmed the five Brits had been released

Daily Mirror

How seriously should we take Vladimir Putin’s threat to use nuclear weapons against West?

The use of weapons of mass destruction would be a last resort for Vladimir Putin as it would invite global condemnation and risk a retaliatory attack, our helpful Q&A explains

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on Putin’s military escalation: a failing strategy

Editorial: Vladimir Putin is placing a losing bet that demoralised Russian conscripts can outfight Ukrainians defending their homeland

The Guardian - UK

Russian nuclear sabre-rattling is designed to create fear in the west

Russian announcements cover up fact that mobilisation will take months to have impact

Daily Mirror

Five Brit prisoners of war including man sentenced to death safely returned from Ukraine

Prime Minister Liz Truss has confirmed the release of the five Brits - including Aiden Aslin, who had been sentenced to execution - after reports of Saudi Arabia's mediation talks with Vladimir Putin

Daily Mirror

Terrified Russians shout 'I'm not going to die for Vladimir Putin' after announcement

Protests have been taking place across Russia in response to Vladimir Putin's call-up of 300,000 reservists who are being forced to fight in the country's invasion of Ukraine

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