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Russia stiffens penalty for desertion; replaces top general

The move comes as the Kremlin stages a vote in occupied region of Ukraine weeks after suffering battlefield setbacks.

Al Jazeera

EU candidate Serbia and Russia sign foreign policy agreement

European Union candidate Serbia has signed an agreement with Russia to hold mutual “consultations” on foreign policy matters

The Independent UK

Russians protested in dozens of cities against Putin's military draft

Russians held scattered demonstrations across the country on Saturday despite threats of arrest and a heavy police presence. The Kremlin has ordered 300,000 more troops for the war in Ukraine.

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On Ukraine, Russia repeats insistence that it had no choice

Russia has told the world that it has “no choice” but to take military action in Ukraine

The Independent UK

Russia's Lavrov accuses Washington of 'playing with fire' around Taiwan

Russia accused the United States on Saturday of "playing with fire" around Taiwan while China said it will press on working for "peaceful reunification" with the democratically-governed island and pledged to take forceful steps to oppose any external interference, a thinly-veiled reference to Washington.

Reuters

Russia parliament may study annexation of occupied Ukraine on Thursday - TASS

The Duma, Russia's lower house of parliament, may debate bills incorporating Russian-occupied parts of Ukraine into Russia on Sept. 29, the state-run TASS news agency said on Saturday, citing an unnamed source.

Reuters

Children among hundreds arrested in Russia after second wave of anti-war protests

Protesters shouted ‘we are not cannon fodder’

The Independent UK

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Vladimir Putin’s ship of fools is sinking fast. Will he take everyone down with him?

The scale of the Kremlin’s strategic failures in Ukraine is epic – and the exploded myth of Russian power may lead to the unravelling of the regime

The Guardian - UK

Russians confront new normal as annexation voting continues

Russians are adjusting to the reality of President Vladimir Putin’s sweeping mobilization even as authorities in four occupied Ukrainian regions continue annexation votes derided by Kyiv and its allies as shams.

Tribune News Service

Clive Crook: An off-ramp for Putin is repugnant but necessary

From the outset of Russia’s war on Ukraine, the crucial question hasn’t changed: Can Vladimir Putin be defeated at an acceptable cost? Despite all we now know about Russia’s military incompetence and the courage and skill of Ukraine’s forces, the answer is still uncertain.

Tribune News Service

Expect dissent to rise as Putin’s call-up brings Ukraine war home to Russians

As men of fighting age flee the draft, observers say Kremlin should be more worried about mounting anger away from the cities

The Guardian - UK

Hal Brands: Take Putin’s nuclear threat seriously, but not too seriously

Russian President Vladimir Putin has raised anew the possibility he might use nuclear weapons against Ukraine to prevail in a conflict going sideways. The smart money says he won’t, because doing so — or otherwise expanding the conflict drastically — wouldn’t make a bad situation any better.

Tribune News Service

More than 730 detained in anti-mobilisation protests across Russia - rights group

More than 730 people were detained across Russia at protests against a mobilisation order on Saturday, a rights group said, three days after President Vladimir Putin ordered Russia's first military draft since World War Two for the conflict in Ukraine.

Reuters

Russians occupying Kharkiv region demanded personal data in return for food

Ukrainians in newly liberated Balakliia describe how their occupiers had been plotting the sham referendum on Moscow’s annexation

The Guardian - UK

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Evening Standard

Watch: Zelensky says pseudo-referendums will be condemned

President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday released his evening video address in which he said the world would condemn the 'pseudo-referendums' being carried out in the occupied territories of Ukraine. The Kremlin-orchestrated referendums in the Luhansk, Kherson and partly Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia and Donetsk regions were widely seen as a prelude to…

The Guardian - UK

Missile strikes on Ukrainian cities as call-up causes chaos in Russia

Fresh wave of protests on Saturday after Putin declares ‘partial mobilisation’ of civilian men

Radio France Internationale

France's TotalEnergies invests another $1.5 bn to expand Qatar gas production

TotalEnergies has signed a further $1.5 billion investment in the world's largest natural gas field – "perfect timing" says CEO Patrick Pouyanne as Europe searches for new energy sources to replace Russian supplies.

The Independent UK

Sri Lankans describe abuse as Russian captives in Ukraine

Seven Sri Lankans held captive by Russian forces in an agricultural factory in eastern Ukraine say they were beaten and tortured for months before escaping on foot as the Russians withdrew from the Kharkiv region

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Reuters

Complaints about Russia's chaotic mobilisation grow louder

The strongly pro-Kremlin editor of Russia's state-run RT news channel expressed anger on Saturday that enlistment officers were sending call-up papers to the wrong men, as frustration about a military mobilisation grew.

The Independent UK

Nuclear attack would cause ‘political destruction for Russia’, says aid worker

Dimko Zhluktenko said he does not believe there will be a nuclear attack as there is no strategic advantage for Russian forces.

The Hindu

The evolution of lumpy skin disease virus

In 2016, LSD was reported from Russia and South-East European nations. In the Indian subcontinent, it was initially observed in Bangladesh in 2019, followed by China, India, Nepal, Bhutan, Vietnam, Hong Kong and Myanmar

Evening Standard

Zelensky calls on Ukrainians to ‘sabotage’ Russian army from within

The Ukrainian president also condemned several referendums being held in four occupied regions

Bangkok Post

Russia sacks top general in charge of logistics

KYIV: Moscow replaced its top logistics general on Saturday after a series of setbacks as Kremlin-held regions of eastern and southern Ukraine voted for a second day on becoming part of Russia.

Daily Mirror

Ukraine soldier shows horrifying injuries after being captured by Russians

Pictures of Ukrainian Mykhalio Dianov - one of 215 prisoners released by Russian forces - have been described as "terrifying" after his skinny body and injuries were shown

Daily Mirror

Bungling Russian officials try to recruit the dead as conscripts turn to booze

One video shows a Russian conscript passed out in the grass near a runway while others stumble towards the plane, while in another a drunken group tries to have a punch-up as the bus waits for them

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