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Russian-installed officials ask Putin to annex Ukrainian regions

The Russian-installed administrators of Ukraine's Luhansk and Kherson regions have formally asked President Vladimir Putin to incorporate them into Russia, following hastily organised referendums that Ukraine and the West denounced as illegitimate.

Reuters

Ukraine war: west condemns 'sham' referendums in Russian-occupied areas

Polls have closed in four Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine after four days of voting in referendums on their future status. Predictably, the results showed “overwhelming support” for joining Russia.

The Conversation

Russians recruited to fight in Ukraine told to use tampons to treat bullet wounds

’Do you know what tampons are for? You stick it right into the bullet wound and that’s it!’

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Ukraine’s President: No Talks with Putin If Its Land Annexed

Ukraine’s president warned Tuesday that Russia’s just concluded “sham referendums” and attempts to annex Ukrainian territory rule out any talks with Moscow as long as Vladimir Putin remains president, and called for Russia’s “complete isolation” and tough new global sanctions.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 217

As the Russia-Ukraine war enters its 217th day, we take a look at the main developments.

Al Jazeera

Factbox-Russia's annexation plan in Ukraine: what happens now?

Russian-backed separatists and Russian installed officials in four partially Russian-controlled regions of Ukraine declared that voters had chosen to join Russia, in hastily organised referendums which the West said were illegal. What happens now?

Reuters

A ‘seismic’ shift: Will Meloni’s Italy turn its back on Europe?

The results of Italy's general election could alter the balance of power within the EU, with far-right, eurosceptic parties set to helm the next government in Rome. Italy is making something of a U-turn from Mario Draghi’s premiership, which put Italy back in the driving seat of Europe and bolstered…

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Putin goes all in: Inside the 30 September Guardian Weekly

Russia’s high-stakes gamble in Ukraine. Plus: Britain’s sterling sinking feeling

The Guardian - UK

Commentary: On the Ukraine war, it’s the West vs. the rest

From the moment Russian forces began their widespread missile barrage against Ukrainian targets in February, the United States and Europe have sought to rally the world on Ukraine’s behalf. The narrative of the collective West has been simple, and it appeals to our moral sensibilities about what is right and…

Chicago Tribune

Commentary: Putin’s war has come home to Russia

The so-called “partial mobilization” announced by Vladimir Putin last week has changed the character of the Ukraine war for Russians in a matter of days. And for all the ensuing scenes of disarray and unrest within Russia, the mobilization’s impact will soon change the character of the war for Ukrainians,…

Tribune News Service

Live Updates: Russia-Ukraine War

The European Union’s top diplomat has lashed out at Russia for holding “illegal” annexation referendums in occupied areas of Ukraine, denouncing their “falsified outcome."

The Independent UK

Occupied Ukrainian regions to ask Putin to annex them

Russian-installed officials in occupied regions of Ukraine say they will ask President Vladimir Putin to incorporate them into Russia, claiming their residents overwhelmingly supported such a move in Kremlin-orchestrated votes widely viewed as illegitimate

The Independent UK

Russia claims win in occupied Ukraine ‘sham’ referendums

The voting system have been described as a ‘farce’ and a ‘sham’ by the West

Evening Standard

EU divided on welcoming Russians fleeing military draft

Men of fighting age have been leaving Russia in droves since President Vladimir Putin’s decision to partially mobilise Russian reservists. The EU is trying to get a common position on whether to open its doors, but for the moment it's up to individual member states – and they're deeply divided.

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Italy's Meloni tells Ukraine it can count on her

Nationalist leader Giorgia Meloni, set to become Italy's next prime minister, has pledged her full support for Kyiv after receiving congratulations from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy for her election victory.

The Guardian - AU

Russia-Ukraine war: Kremlin-backed officials ask Putin to annex regions; EU announces new sanctions on Russia – as it happened

Russian-installed leaders of Luhansk and Kherson ask for territories to be annexed; new EU sanctions designed to ‘make Kremlin pay’

Reuters

Analysis-Truth or bluff? Why Putin's nuclear warnings have the West worried

President Vladimir Putin's latest warning that he is ready to use nuclear weapons to defend Russia amid the war in Ukraine has made a troubling question much more urgent: Is the former KGB spy bluffing?

ABC News

Satellite images show long queues out of Russia as enlistment centre reportedly established at Georgia border

As Russian men line up for kilometres at border crossings to avoid President Vladimir Putin's mobilisation efforts, some have reportedly been issued draft notices at the Georgian border.

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The Guardian - UK

Will Russia annex the occupied Ukrainian territories this week?

Now Moscow has the ‘results’ it wanted from its fake referendums, Putin and the west are considering next steps

Daily Record

Ukrainian family's anguish as they are forced to leave daughter's boyfriend behind as they flee to Scotland

The family moved to the Lanark area via the Homes for Ukraine scheme, which was launched in March.

Daily Mirror

Zelensky blasts referendum 'farce' where 99 per cent apparently voted to join Russia

Russia's referendum results in eastern Ukraine has been called a "farce" by Volodymyr Zelensky who has vowed to keep on fighting despite the nuclear threat from Vladimir Putin

The Guardian - UK

Zelenskiy vows to defend Ukrainians in occupied regions as ‘referendum’ results announced

Formal annexation could be declared by end of week while Ukrainian president condemns ‘farce’ vote on regions joining Russia

Daily Mirror

Desperate young Russian screams in pain as pal breaks his leg to avoid Putin's draft

WARNING DISTRESSING CONTENT: A disturbing video shows a young man having his bones shattered by a friend after asking him to break his legs so he can avoid Vladimir Putin's mobilisation draft

The Guardian - AU

Nuclear attack in Ukraine should spark ‘devastating’ Nato response, says Poland

Zbigniew Rau rules out a nuclear reprisal but says the alliance is sending a clear message to Russia

Tribune News Service

Putin raises gas-cutoff threat as he moves to annex Ukraine regions

Russia threatened to cut off the last gas pipeline to Ukraine’s European allies and moved to annex a large chunk of Ukrainian territory amid a string of military setbacks in the seven-month-long war.

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