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Latvia says it won't offer refuge to Russians fleeing mobilisation

European Union member Latvia, which borders Russia, will not offer refuge to any Russians fleeing Moscow's mobilisation of troops, Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics said in a tweet on Wednesday, citing security concerns.

Reuters

Why does Russia want to block Ukraine from joining Nato?

Vladimir Putin vehemently opposed to neighbouring state signing up to western military alliance

The Independent UK

Why did Putin start the Russia Ukraine conflict?

Vladimir Putin’s military assault continues in face of near-unanimous international condemnation

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Russia issues 'partial' mobilisation order, EU slams Putin’s ‘desperation’

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday ordered a "partial" mobilisation of 300,000 reservists, marking an escalation of what Moscow calls its military operation in Ukraine. The decision was condemned by Ukraine’s allies, with the EU saying it was a sign of Putin’s “desperation”. Read about the day’s events as they…

France 24

Putin announces a partial military mobilization for Russian citizens

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

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Russia's mobilisation was 'predictable', shows war effort failing, Ukraine says

Russia's mobilisation was a predictable step that will prove extremely unpopular and underscores that the war is not going according to Moscow's plan, Ukrainian presidential adviser Mykhailo Podolyak said on Wednesday.

Reuters

American, Russians to Blast off for ISS as War Rages in Ukraine

A US astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts are set to blast off to the International Space Station Wednesday on a Russian-operated flight despite soaring tensions between Moscow and Washington over Russia's invasion of Ukraine. NASA's Frank Rubio and Russia's Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitry Petelin are scheduled to take off from…

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Putin announces partial military mobilisation ‘to defend’ Russia against West

Vladimir Putin on Wednesday ordered an increase in funding to boost Russia's weapons production in a televised address to the nation in which he signed a decree on the "partial mobilisation" of his country to support Moscow's war effort in Ukraine.

Radio France Internationale

Putin escalates Ukraine war, issues nuclear threat to West

President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday ordered Russia's first mobilisation since World War Two and backed a plan to annex swathes of Ukraine, warning the West he was not bluffing when he said he'd be ready to use nuclear weapons to defend Russia.

Reuters

Putin orders funding boost for Russian weapons production

Russia's President Vladimir Putin ordered an increase in funding to boost the country's weapons production in a televised address to the nation on Wednesday in which he ordered a "partial mobilisation" to support Moscow's war effort in Ukraine.

Reuters

Russia says 300,000 reservists to be mobilised

Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said Wednesday that President Vladimir Putin's decree on partial mobilisation would see 300,000 additional personnel called up to serve in Russia's military campaign in Ukraine. Putin said earlier Wednesday in a televised address that he has signed a decree on partial mobilisation, declaring that he…

France 24

Zelenskiy lays out peace formula as arrests at Russia anti-war protests pass 1,000 – as it happened

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Biden to rally world leaders against Russian attempts to annex Ukraine regions

Antony Blinken calls referendums plan a ‘sham’ and Moscow’s possible mobilisation of extra forces ‘a sign of Russian failure’ ahead of Biden speech

The Guardian - AU

'Increased consequences' if Russia annexes parts of Ukraine, warns U.S.

There will be increased consequences if Russia were to annex parts of Ukraine, a senior U.S. State Department official said on Tuesday, as Moscow-installed leaders in occupied areas of four Ukrainian regions planned to hold referendums on joining Russia.

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Putin orders troop conscription in Ukraine war escalation

President Vladimir Putin ordered Russia's first wartime mobilisation since World War Two on Wednesday, shocking citizens with what Western countries described as an act of desperation in the face of a losing war.

The Guardian - AU

Russia-Ukraine war live: Putin’s address on ‘votes’ in occupied regions postponed, say Russian media – as it happened

Russian leader’s speech reportedly delayed as Kyiv says referendums would end any chance of diplomatic solution to invasion

The Independent UK

France: No nation can stay 'indifferent' on Ukraine war

French President Emanuel Macron is admonishing countries not to stay neutral about condemning Russia’s war in Ukraine, and he's declaring that Moscow’s invasion amounts to a new form of imperialism

Reuters

Russia's Ukraine invasion violates U.N.'s 1945 charter, Biden to say

U.S. President Joe Biden will try to rally the world against Russia's invasion of Ukraine in a speech to the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday, saying Moscow's war against its neighbor violates the tenets of the U.N. charter that established the post-World War Two body.

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Putin meets Bosnian Serb separatist leader, praises Serbia

Bosnian Serb separatist leader Milorad Dodik has met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow

Reuters

U.S. senators want secondary sanctions on Russian oil

Democratic and Republican senators on Tuesday proposed that U.S. President Joe Biden's administration use secondary sanctions on international banks to strengthen a price cap G7 countries plan to impose on Russian oil over Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.

Reuters

Ukraine says Russian referendums will destroy possibility of talks

Any referendums on joining Russia in Russian-occupied Ukrainian territories would destroy any remaining window for talks between Kyiv and Moscow, Ukrainian publication Liga.net cited the Ukrainian president's office spokesman as saying on Tuesday.

Al Jazeera

Russian-backed separatists in Ukraine plan annexation votes

Ukraine and its allies condemn plans for referendums amid concern it risks an escalation of the seven month crisis.

The Guardian - UK

‘We thieves and killers are now fighting Russia’s war’: how Moscow recruits from its prisons

Inmates describe visits by Yevgeny Prigozhin, reported head of the Wagner group, who is said to offer pardons for those who enlist

Reuters

Russia's referendums 'won't change anything,' Ukraine's Kuleba says

Moscow's planned referendums seeking to annex additional territory in Ukraine will have no impact, Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said on Tuesday after Russian-backed officials in some Ukrainian territories unfurled the requests.

Tribune News Service

Russia hurries to annex occupied Ukraine amid Kyiv’s gains

The Kremlin is moving hastily to stage sham votes on annexing the regions of Ukraine its forces still control, after Kyiv’s military drove Russian troops from large areas of territory taken in their seven-month-old invasion.

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