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Ukraine Invasion Day 213: a heavy-handed approach to 'partial mobilization' roils Russia [1]
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Date: 2022-09-23
"The rate of Russian casualties had slowed down over the past few days, but now it is picking up again. In the past 24 hours, the Russian forces have lost 400 troops (killed), 9 tanks, 28 armored personnel carriers and infantry fighting vehicles, 20 vehicles and fuel tanks, 9 unmanned aerial systems, 1 anti-aircraft system, 1 artillery piece, 1 helicopter, and 1 cruise missile." (19fortyfive.com)
A long day for everyone, conscription seems less successful for Russia, as combat operations continue at the frontlines. The sham referendums reveal themselves in door-to-door votes collected by armed men who also accost people on the street for their “votes”.
The United States is prepared to impose additional economic costs on Russia in conjunction with American allies if Russia moves forward with Ukraine annexation, the White House announced Friday. Russia has been planning what the US has described as sham referendums in portions of eastern Ukraine in what is seen as a step toward annexing these territories. Finnish ministers on Friday evening announced that the government will prohibit Russian tourists from crossing its borders over the next few days. “The aspiration and purpose is to significantly reduce the number of people coming to Finland from Russia,” president Sauli Niinistö told state broadcaster Yle. Russia will continue its communication with the United Nations about a deal to export grain from Ukrainian ports, but says concrete results are needed, Tass news agency cited a senior official as saying on Friday. It also cited deputy foreign minister Sergei Vershinin as saying Russia had a positive assessment of the UN’s efforts to resume the export of Russian fertilizers. Ukraine said on Friday it had shot down four Iranian-made “kamikaze” drones used by Russia’s armed forces, prompting President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to complain that Tehran was harming Ukrainian citizens. Ukraine and the United States have accused Iran of supplying drones to Russia, something Tehran has denied. Zelenskiy has asked his foreign ministry to respond to the use of Iranian equipment, spokesman Serhii Nykyforov said. The United States is prepared to impose additional economic costs on Russia in conjunction with American allies if Russia moves forward with Ukraine annexation, the White House announced Friday. Russia has been planning what the US has described as sham referendums in portions of eastern Ukraine in what is seen as a step toward annexing these territories. www.theguardian.com/…
x Another revealing video. Scene inside a mustering station in Russia where an officer yells at angry, resentful men who have been mobilized.
“That’s it- playtime’s over. You’re soldiers now!”
pic.twitter.com/oTfomvgsUf — Patrick Reevell (@Reevellp) September 23, 2022
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