By Pavel Polityuk, Humeyra Pamuk and Caleb Davis KYIV/NEW YORK/GDANSK, Poland (Reuters) -President Vladimir Putin ordered Russia’s first wartime mobilisation since World War Two on Wednesday, shocking citizens with what Western countries described as an act of desperation in the face of a losing war. Putin made the announcement in a televised address in which …
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LONDON (Reuters) -Security forces detained more than 1,300 people in Russia on Wednesday at protests denouncing mobilisation, a rights group said, hours after President Vladimir Putin ordered Russia’s first military draft since World War Two. The independent OVD-Info protest monitoring group said that according to information it had collated from 38 Russian cities, more than …
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DUBAI (Reuters) -Iranian authorities said three people had been killed on Tuesday as anger at the death of a woman detained by the morality police fuelled protests for a fifth day and fresh restrictions were placed on social media. Official sources now say a total of seven people have been killed since protests erupted on …
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By Michelle Nichols and John Irish UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -European Union foreign ministers will urgently meet later on Wednesday to discuss new sanctions and weapons deliveries to Kyiv after Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the mobilization of thousands of Russians to fight in Ukraine. The bloc’s 27 foreign ministers are in New York for the …
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By Humeyra Pamuk and John Chalmers NEW YORK (Reuters) -President Vladimir Putin’s thinly veiled threat to use nuclear weapons after Russian setbacks in Ukraine was “dangerous and reckless rhetoric,” NATO’s secretary general said on Wednesday, adding that the only way to end the war was to prove Moscow will not win on the battlefield. Jens …
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By Karen Freifeld, Jonathan Stempel and Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) – Donald Trump, his family business, and three of his adult children were sued on Wednesday by New York’s attorney general, who accused them of overvaluing the former U.S. president’s assets and net worth through a decade of lies to banks and insurers. Attorney …
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By Steve Holland and Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden accused Russia on Wednesday of making “reckless” and “irresponsible” threats to use nuclear weapons and said Moscow had violated the core tenets of United Nations membership by invading Ukraine. Speaking at the United Nations General Assembly in New York, Biden slammed …
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By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis said on Wednesday that Ukrainians were being subjected to savageness, monstrosities and torture, calling them a “noble” people being martyred. Speaking at the end of his general audience in St. Peter’s Square, Francis, who did not name Russia, told the crowd of a conversation he had …
WARSAW (Reuters) – Russia will attempt to destroy Ukraine and change its borders, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said on Wednesday commenting on a partial mobilization announced by Moscow. “We will do all we can with our allies, so that NATO supports Ukraine even more so that it can defend itself,” Morawiecki said, urging more …
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By Caleb Davis GDANSK (Reuters) – One-way flights out of Russia were selling out fast on Wednesday after President Vladimir Putin ordered the immediate call-up of 300,000 reservists. Putin’s announcement, made in an early-morning television address, raised fears that some men of fighting age would not be allowed to leave Russia. Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu …
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