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LONDON: Russia will draft 300000 reservists to support its military campaign in Ukraine, Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Wednesday in televise...

Shoigu said this meant around 300,000 men. Shoigu dismissed assertions by Kyiv and the West that Russia has suffered heavy losses in its seven-month campaign, and said 90% of wounded Russian soldiers had returned to the frontline. In Moscow’s first update on casualty numbers in almost six months, Shoigu said 5,397 Russian soldiers had been killed since the start of the conflict.

Alexei Navalny said Putin was sending more Russians to their death for a failing war.

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President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday announced a partial mobilization in Russia. "I consider it necessary to support the proposal of the Defense Ministry and ...

[Anadolu Agency website contains only a portion of the news stories offered to subscribers in the AA News Broadcasting System (HAS), and in summarized form. Putin said the Western countries had tried to conquer Russia many times. "Washington, London, Brussels are directly pushing Kyiv to transfer military operations to our territory. This is not a bluff," he warned. "It is in our historical tradition, in the fate of our people, to stop those who are striving for world domination, who threaten to divide and enslave our homeland," he said. "I consider it necessary to support the proposal of the Defense Ministry and the General Staff to declare partial mobilization in the Russian Federation," he said in a televised address to the nation.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Putin wants to “drown Ukraine in blood” as the Kremlin doubles-down on its offensive. Anti-war protesters reportedly stage ...

The US dollar climbed to a new two-decade high on Wednesday after Russia said it was mobilizing 300000 military reserves in an escalation of the war in ...

The currency, used by 19 European countries, The [sunk below the dollar](https://edition.cnn.com/2022/08/07/investing/strong-dollar/index.html) He also referenced the potential use of nuclear weapons. Investors often seek safe haven in US dollar assets during times of geopolitical tension. [ruble](https://edition.cnn.com/2022/02/22/investing/russia-markets-ruble-economy/index.html)

Stock markets fell and havens including US Treasuries and the Japanese yen saw demand as Russian President Vladimir Putin's announcement of a partial ...

The two-year US Treasury yield hit an almost 15-year high at 3.992% on Tuesday, and was last at 3.9440%. The Fed headlines a week in which more than a dozen central banks announce policy decisions, including the Bank of Japan and Bank of England on Thursday. Sweden's Riksbank surprised markets overnight with a full percentage-point hike, and warned of more to come over the next six months. Putin said he had signed a decree on partial mobilisation beginning on Wednesday, saying he was defending Russian territories and that the West wanted to destroy the country. The dollar index, which measures the currency against six major peers, rallied 0.61% to 110.84, and marking a new two-decade high at 110.87. European currencies tumbled, with the euro dropping 0.65% to US$0.9903 and sterling sliding 0.38% to US$1.1338 after touching a new 37-year low at US$1.1304.

Stocks fell, while safe havens such as government bonds and the dollar rose, as already anxious investors fled risk assets after Russian President Vladimir ...

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The U.S. dollar rose to 20-year highs early Wednesday after Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a partial mobilization of the country's military and ...

[according to multiple reports](https://www.wsj.com/articles/putin-orders-draft-of-reservists-for-war-in-ukraine-threatens-nuclear-response-11663742871?mod=hp_lead_pos1). [partial mobilization](https://www.wsj.com/articles/putin-orders-draft-of-reservists-for-war-in-ukraine-threatens-nuclear-response-11663742871?mod=hp_lead_pos1) of the country’s military and issued a nuclear threat. In a national address Putin ordered Russia’s reservists to mobilize to help with the war effort in Ukraine and said “those who are trying to blackmail us with nuclear weapons should know that the wind can change in their direction,”

Russian President Vladimir Putin's partial military mobilization order came amid Kremlin-backed efforts to press ahead with referendums aimed at annexing ...

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.

Russian President Vladimir Putin announced plans to call up 300000 reservists as his invasion of Ukraine faces setbacks.

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. This would potentially affect thousands of men who already signed short-term contracts as part of a nationwide recruitment campaign largely viewed as [“shadow mobilization” that sought to replenish losses over the summer](https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/06/16/russia-military-army-soldiers-recruitment/?itid=lk_inline_manual_43) without officially acknowledging that the operation requires a wider effort. airspace and recently agreed to [suspend a visa facilitation accord with Russia](https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/08/31/eu-suspend-visa-agreement-russia/?itid=lk_inline_manual_60), making it more difficult and expensive for Russian tourists to get visas. Last week, several regions backed a proposal from the head of the Chechen Republic, Ramzan Kadyrov, to “self-mobilize” by pledging to send volunteer units with 1,000 soldiers to war. “Only citizens who are currently in the reserve and, above all, those who served in the Armed Forces, have certain military specialties and relevant experience will be subject to conscription for military service,” Putin said Wednesday, adding that they will receive “additional military training.” The Kremlin did not specify Wednesday how long reservists called up under the new partial mobilization would have to serve — and the presidential decree is light on details. [enlisting prisoners](https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/09/15/russia-war-mercenearies-prisons-recruit/?itid=lk_inline_manual_48&itid=lk_inline_manual_26) and sending volunteers to the front line with little training, analysts said. “That number might be a little lower, a little higher, but I think that’s kind of in the ballpark, which is pretty remarkable considering that the Russians have achieved none of Vladimir Putin’s objectives at the beginning of the war,” Kahl said. [told the Aspen Security Forum in July](https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/defense-national-security/russia-casualties-cia-chief). Outside estimates of the number of reservists available to Russian military leaders vary. It would be the first military mobilization in the history of modern Russia.

Russia's invasion of Ukraine will be at the center of President Biden's address to the U.N. General Assembly on Wednesday, as the U.S. warns Russia is ...

In addition, the president will address the impacts of climate change on food supply and access, he said. General Assembly since the COVID-19 pandemic — though one leader, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, [will address the meeting with virtual remarks](https://apnews.com/article/united-nations-general-assembly-russia-ukraine-zelenskyy-2427ea0fce71024167bbecc6db0a6cc2). "The United States will never recognize Russia's claims to any purportedly annexed parts of Ukraine," Sullivan said. Security Council, has "struck at the very heart of the charter by challenging the principle of territorial integrity and sovereignty," Sullivan said. With the rising cost of food around the world, Sullivan said Biden's speech will also include a "robust" section on global food security, and said the president will advocate for an elimination of export bans and hoarding to help food prices come down. President Biden is expected to focus on Russia's war on Ukraine in his speech to the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday and will announce new support for countries facing food shortages caused in part by the war, the White House said.

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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U.S. President Joe Biden accused Russia on Wednesday of violating the core tenets of membership in the United Nations by invading Ukraine and said Moscow ...

The United States and Western allies are competing with Russia for diplomatic influence. Russia and Ukraine are major grain and fertilizer exporters and shipments were disrupted by the war. The White House also announced $2.9 billion in additional U.S. He pledged the United States would stand in solidarity with Ukraine. Russia has shamelessly violated the core tenets of the United Nations Charter,” Biden said. UNITED NATIONS, Sept 21 (Reuters) - U.S.

GDANSK: One-way flights out of Russia were selling out fast today after President Vladimir Putin ordered the immediate call-up of 300,000 reservists.

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Amid escalating pressure from the US and the West, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced on Wednesday a partial mobilization of the nation's military ...

Also, China's stance could not be easily summarized as neutral, as it has been holding a balanced stance on the matter, he added. Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday repeated his willingness to foster negotiations to resolve the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, calling for a cease-fire but renouncing sanctions and economic isolation.A balanced stance Currently, the US and its major allies are turning the ongoing UNGA into a diplomatic battleground, condemning Putin's special military operation in Ukraine, calling the upcoming referendums "sham." While Putin warned the West that he was not "bluffing" over using nuclear weapons, some Chinese experts believe it is a tactic to warn the West against providing more weapons to Ukraine. It could also mean the loss of opportunities for peace negotiations, as there could be a permanent rift between Russia and Ukraine. Putin also said on Wednesday that Russia will "do its utmost for the safety of referendums in these regions," TASS said.

President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday ordered Russia's first mobilisation since World War Two after suffering a major battlefield reversal in Ukraine, ...

* "This (mobilisation) means that thousands of Russian men - our fathers, brothers and husbands - will be thrown into the meat grinder of war," Vesna said in a statement. * Western military analysts are divided on whether partial mobilisation is too little too late to alter the course of the war in Moscow's favour. * The mobilisation announcement appears to have caused panic among some potential reservists. According to a copy of the legislation, seen by Reuters, voluntary surrender would become a crime for Russian military personnel punishable by 10 years in prison. * The reservists' main task, according to Shoigu, will be to reinforce the front line in Ukraine, which is currently over 1,000 km (621 miles) long. There is no mention of the 300,000 figure in the decree as published, which came from an interview that Sergei Shoigu, the defence minister, gave to state TV.

US President Joe Biden pulled no punches in condemning Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine in his address to the UN General Assembly on Wednesday.

“He’ll offer a firm rebuke of Russia’s unjust war in Ukraine and make a call to the world to continue to stand against the naked aggression that we’ve seen these past several months,” White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said in previewing the president's address. “No one threatened Russia and no one other than Russia sought conflict,” Biden said – noting that Russia’s objective is “extinguishing Ukraine’s right to exist as a state”. "I think that he is probably avoiding talking about that because for the Iranian president that's a domestic issue, not a world issue." "Let me be direct about the competition between the United States and China," Biden said in an address to the UN General Assembly. Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi addressed the UN General Assembly on Wednesday. The United States is committed to this vital work," he added. In his speech on Wednesday, Biden "should have been really clear that if Putin uses any nuclear one -- even a smaller one – [...] the US will answer strongly “Well that is obviously not the case now because he's announced that there going to be the drafting up of more soldiers to go to Ukraine, to back up the Russian forces that are already on the ground. US President Joe Biden pulled no punches in condemning Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine in his address to the UN General Assembly on Wednesday. We do not seek conflict, we do not seek a Cold War." "What we've seen here for the first time is a change of position by Vladimir Putin, because up until that speech he's been saying since the 24th of February that this 'special military operation', as Russians call it, is going to plan. So this is upping the ante by the side of Vladimir Putin.”

GDANSK (Reuters) -One-way flights out of Russia were rocketing in price and selling out fast on Wednesday after President Vladimir Putin ordered the ...

Some routes with stopovers, including those from Moscow to Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia, were also unavailable, while the cheapest flights to Dubai cost more than 300,000 roubles ($5,000) - about five times the average monthly wage. The Kremlin declined to comment on whether the borders would be closed to those subject to the mobilisation order, and asked people to be patient as the law is clarified. Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said the call-up would be limited to those with experience as professional soldiers, and that students and conscripts would not be called up.

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.”

Russia on Wednesday released 10 foreign prisoners of war captured in Ukraine, following mediation by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the Saudi ...

Some of them had been caught by Russian forces, along with other foreigners in the country who said they were not fighters. The list includes American, British, Croatian, Moroccan and Swedish nationals, the ministry said in a statement, adding that a plane carrying the prisoners landed in the kingdom. A Saudi official said they were five Britons, two Americans, a Croatian, a Morrocan and a Swedish national.

LONDON (Reuters) -Russia has released U.S. citizens Alexander Drueke, 39, and Andy Huynh, 27, in a prisoner exchange brokered by Saudi Arabia, ...

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 (Reuters) -Russia has released U.S.

Protesters reportedly detained in 38 cities across Russia after Putin announces partial mobilisation.

Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan have warned their citizens against participating in the war in Ukraine after Moscow passed a decree that guaranteed Russian citizenship to foreigners who signed a contract with the Russian armed forces. On Wednesday, Russian television aired an address by Putin in which he demonstratively played the nuclear card. Volodymyr Zelenskiy has said there was a shrinking likelihood of holding talks with Vladimir Putin to end the war, adding that it could only happen if the Russian leader withdrew his forces from Ukrainian territory. Russia fired a series of long-range missiles at Ukraine’s second city Kharkiv early on Wednesday, hours after the Kremlin announced plans to annex Ukrainian territory and to carry out a partial mobilisation. The pair, both from Alabama, were captured in June while fighting in eastern Ukraine. Britain’s prime minister, Liz Truss, and European Commission president, Ursula Von der Leyen, said Putin’s speech on Wednesday was “a statement of weakness”. Earlier on Wednesday, Vladimir Putin announced a partial mobilisation in Russia in a significant escalation that places the country’s people and economy on a wartime footing. Hundreds of protesters have been arrested after taking to the streets following the Russian president’s speech. The Russian president also threatened nuclear retaliation, saying that Moscow had “lots of weapons to reply” to what he called western threats on Russian territory. Russia’s defence minister Sergei Shoigu said 300,000 Russians would be called up as part of the mobilisationthat will apply to “those with previous military experience”. Nato secretary general Jens Stoltenberg criticised the Russian leader for using “dangerous and reckless” nuclear rhetoric. Five British nationals held by pro-Russian forces in eastern Ukraine have been safely returned, the UK’s prime minister Liz Truss has said.

After President Putin announced the partial mobilisation of population, 'how to leave Russia' spikes on search engines.

I don’t want to go; the interests of the state do not coincide with the interests of the public. “I think they will try to prevent any protests, and whoever opposes the mobilisation will be severely punished. According to Google Trends, in the hours before Putin’s announcement the question “how to leave Russia” spiked on search engines, as did “how to break an arm”. “And if I don’t go join the special operation now, they’ll put me in jail because of the mobilisation. It turned out that they were not winning – and prisoners began to be recruited to the front. “I think the main problem is they have a shortage of personnel on the ground – they don’t have enough soldiers to attack Ukraine, or even protect the occupied areas. The authorities used to say that only ‘professionals’ were fighting and that they would win. There is no civil society, and Russia hasn’t had free elections since the 2000s,” he said. The deputies and officials who daily yelled about the need for mobilisation will remain in their warm chairs, alive and well. Those who do not immediately fit the first category [of 300,000 experienced soldiers] will be registered for subsequent conscription.” They will be given additional training before being sent to the front, and will not include students or former conscripts. According to the new decree, reservists will be treated the same as regular, contract soldiers should they fail to report for duty.

Russia will mobilize 300000 men in order to make good its losses in Ukraine and expand the army, Pres. Vladimir Putin announced Wednesday.

“Putin is accepting greater political risk by undermining the fiction that Russia is neither in a war, nor a national crisis, in the hope of generating more combat power,” the U.K. If there’s anything working in Russia’s favor, it’s that the war in Ukraine is about to slow down—a lot. The practice, in Russia, is for front-line brigades to handle most of the training for new troops. Offensive operations in the country tend to pause until the ground freezes in January. But that means that unit training is inconsistent at best—and varies according to the resources at each brigade’s disposal. A new sign of [Russian] weakness.” There, they will face Ukrainian troops who are much better trained—and infinitely more motivated. As new draftees, they’re going to need significant retraining before shipping off to the war zone. “How units are resourced plays a big part,” Hertlind explained. Hertling recalled his two visits to Russian training bases. A protest broke out in Moscow. Familiarization versus qualification on rifles, rudimentary first aid, very few simulations to conserve resources and, most importantly, horrible leadership by ‘drill sergeants.’”

At the annual meeting at the UN General Assembly, the US president accused Moscow of launching 'brutal' war in Ukraine.

“Human wellbeing is under great threat,” Ruto said. “We all know we are already living in a climate crisis. He also explicitly called out human rights abuses by China, Myanmar and the Taliban. “Our wish is only one thing: observance of commitments,” Raisi said. However, “if Russia were to use a nuclear weapon, how would it take military advantage from that?” he asked. Amini died on September 16, several days after suffering a stroke and cardiac arrest, according to Iranian authorities.

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.

LONDON (Reuters) -Security forces detained more than 1300 people in Russia on Wednesday at protests denouncing mobilisation, a rights group said, ...

"These were all stopped. "In a number of regions, there were attempts to stage unauthorised actions which brought together an extremely small number of participants," Volk was quoted as saying. Russian Interior Ministry official Irina Volk, in a statement quoted by Russian news agencies, said officers had cut short attempts to stage what it called small protests.

US President Joe Biden accused Russia on Wednesday of violating the core tenets of membership in the United Nations by invading Ukraine and said Moscow was ...

The United States and Western allies are competing with Russia for diplomatic influence. He pledged the United States would stand in solidarity with Ukraine. Russia has shamelessly violated the core tenets of the United Nations Charter,” Biden said.

NEW YORK/KYIV (Reuters) - President Volodymyr Zelenskiy demanded a special United Nations tribunal impose "just punishment" on Russia for its invasion of ...

If a man is driving, they inspect; if it's a woman, they ask her to open the luggage compartment. General Assembly, responded: "Again, just today, President Putin has made overt nuclear threats against Europe, in a reckless disregard for the responsibilities of the non-proliferation regime." In the city of Kursk, closer to Ukraine, a woman said: "They're not letting people out of Kursk. to "remove the right of veto" from Russia as a Security Council member. President Joe Biden, in a speech to the U.N. If the man is from Kursk, they turn you back." "It's clear Russia wants to destroy Ukraine," EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said. Flights out of Russia quickly sold out, and jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny called for mass demonstrations against the mobilisation. It's not a bluff." "You always feel worried at moments like these. Offering no evidence, Putin accused officials in NATO states of threatening to use nuclear weapons against Russia. Moscow plans to conscript some 300,000 troops in an apparent escalation of its Ukraine invasion that began in February and has left thousands dead, displaced millions and reduced towns to rubble.

More than 500 detained in both Moscow and St Petersburg, says monitoring group, after Putin orders call-up of military reservists.

One woman in a wheelchair shouted, referring to the Russian president: “Goddamn bald-headed ‘nut job’. In Ekaterinburg, Russia’s fourth-largest city, police hauled on to buses some of the 40 protesters who were detained at an anti-war rally. This regime has condemned itself and is destroying its youth,” said Alexei, a 60-year-old resident who declined to give his last name. But coming out now is very dangerous, otherwise there would be many more people,” said protester Vasily Fedorov, a student wearing a pacifist symbol on his chest. Wednesday’s were the first nationwide anti-war protests since the fighting began in late February. The Moscow prosecutor’s office warned that organising or participating in protests could lead to up to 15 years in prison.

Freed detainees on way to Saudi Arabia from fighting in Ukraine include UK and US citizens.

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Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelenskyy has launched a searing rebuke against Russia's pledge to mobilise additional troops and hold sham referendums in ...

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Ukrainian president addressed UN meeting in video address just hours after Russia announced plans to call up 300000.

“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. It was a vote not only about the format. [Russia does not fully control any of the four regions](/news/2022/9/21/mapping-the-ukraine-regions-voting-on-joining-russia) where it plans to hold what Ukraine and its allies have condemned as “sham” votes. Zelenskyy’s speech was one of the most keenly anticipated at the annual gathering, which has been dominated by the war in his country. Russia denies the allegations and says it does not target civilians. “They talk about the talks but announce military mobilisation.