Cover photo: Detained protesters in Saint Petersburg, September 21. OLGA MALTSEWA / AFP
- Ukraine and Russia exchanged military prisoners, the largest since the offensive began on February 24. On the Ukrainian side, a total of 215 people were released, including 188 “heroes” who defended the Azovstal Steel Plant in Mariupol (including 108 members of the Azov regiment). Five military commanders, including defense chiefs from Azovstal, have been transferred to Turkey, where they will remain “in absolute safety and comfortable conditions until the end of the war,” Zelensky said. Ten POWs – including five British and two Americans – are part of this exchange and are in transit through Saudi Arabia. Russia, meanwhile, has released 55 prisoners, including ex-MP Viktor Medvedchuk, a close associate of Russian President Vladimir Putin who is accused of high treason in Ukraine.
- Vladimir Putin ordered a “partial mobilization” on Wednesday.a measure that is considered “urgent and necessary”. 300,000 reservists Those affected are primarily citizens with military experience, and older people over the age of 65. Signs of concern for many Russians are the sides Airlines were taken over After Mr Putin’s speech and an internet petition against the mobilization, more than 230,000 signatures have already been collected. 1,332 people were arrested during protests against the mobilization, according to OVD-Info, an organization specialized in counting arrests. These are the biggest protests in Russia since February.
- In an address to the nation, Putin said he was ready to use “all means” in his arsenal against the West, which he accused of wanting to “destroy” Russia. He accused the West, particularly NATO, of being behind the “nuclear blackmail” and refuted the allegations against him. “It’s not a bluff,” he assured. “A nuclear war is impossible to win and should not be fought”, replied Joe Biden on the UN platform. The US President has attacked Russia head-on, accusing it of “brazenly” violating United Nations principles since its offensive in Ukraine.
- Speech via video conference at the annual United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday, Volodymyr Zelenskyy called for “just punishment” against Moscow – a word he has uttered fifteen times – in which he denounced the invasion of his country by Russian troops and called for the establishment of a special tribunal to try Moscow “for its crime of aggression against our state”. He also called on the UN Remove Russia’s right of veto.
- The UK will continue to provide military assistance to Ukraine until Ukraine “victories” over Russia.promised the new British Prime Minister Liz Truss on Wednesday evening during the UN General Assembly.
- Ukrainian authorities accused Moscow of bombing the Zaporizhia power plant site again on Wednesday. The situation there “is still getting worse,” warned IAEA Director-General Rafael Grossi. “We don’t have the luxury of waiting for something catastrophic to happen,” he added. At the end of a UN meeting on nuclear safety, several Western countries issued a joint statement: [rappeler] that the increased risk of a nuclear accident will remain dangerously high as long as Russia is present at the Zaporizhia site”.
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