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Belarus foreign minister blames NATO, West for Ukraine war

Belarus' foreign minister blamed NATO and the West for Russia's invasion of Ukraine

The Independent UK

Russian foreign minister accuses West of trying to 'stop the march of history' by providing military aid to Ukraine

Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has used a speech at the UN to defend Moscow's war and rail against the West for supporting Ukraine. He has also warned Western leaders against interfering in China's moves in the Taiwan Strait.

ABC News

Lavrov, at the UN, pledges 'full protection' for any territory annexed by Russia

Russia's top diplomat on Saturday said regions of Ukraine where widely-derided referendums are being held would be under Russia's "full protection" if they are annexed by Moscow, amid fears Russia could further escalate the conflict and even use nuclear weapons.

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‘Read Putin more often and carefully,’ Lavrov tells UN reporters

Grilled by reporters at the United Nations General Assembly about what comes next in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov had simple advice.

Tribune News Service

Russians defy Putin’s mobilisation push, hundreds arrested

Rights groups say more than 730 people were detained at anti-war protests across the country.

Al Jazeera

British judge says 'lunatic' Vladimir Putin should be put on trial for Ukraine war crimes

Sir Geoffrey Nice QC - who prosecuted Serbian warlord Slobodan Milosevic - says it is essential the Russian leader is brought to trial as a lesson to other dictators

Daily Mirror

French recycling giant with links to Russia gets millions from UK taxpayers

Waste and recycling giant Veolia rakes in up to £100million a year for providing services in Russia. The firm has rejected calls to pull out of the country despite the ongoing war in Ukraine

Daily Mirror

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Over 700 protesters arrested across Russia as Putin ramps up mobilisation plan

Tsakhia Elbegdorj, welcomed Russians fleeing the draft to neighbouring Mongolia, adding: “Today you are fleeing brutality, cruelty, and likely death. Tomorrow you will start freeing your country from dictatorship.”

Evening Standard

In Russia’s far east, fear and defiance against military call-up

Long queues form at Russia’s borders as men try to leave the country as they fear being called up to fight in Ukraine.

Al Jazeera

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

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.

WEKU

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

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

Protesters shouted ‘we are not cannon fodder’

The Independent UK

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

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Tribune News Service

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.

The Guardian - UK

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

Tribune News Service

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.

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Reuters

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.

The Guardian - UK

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

France 24

‘Mother, Italian, Christian’: Giorgia Meloni, Italy’s far-right leader on the cusp of power

Giorgia Meloni has successfully rebranded her Brothers of Italy party as the country’s dominant conservative force, without fully expunging its post-fascist roots. Her right-wing coalition was on course to win a majority of seats after Sunday’s general election, making her the favourite to become Italy’s first female prime minister –…

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

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.

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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