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#BREAKING Russia will use 'all available means' to protect its territory: Putin

#BREAKING Ukraine accuses Russia of again shelling Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant

#BREAKING Putin accuses West of trying to 'destroy' Russia

#BREAKING Putin announces partial mobilisation in Russia

#UPDATE The Ukrainian nuclear operator Energoatom has accused Russia of again striking the Zaporizhzhia atomic power plant in southern Ukraine.

"Russian terrorists bombed the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant again during the night," Energoatom said on Telegram

#BREAKING Russia defence minister says 300,000 reservists to be mobilised

#BREAKING Russian defence minister says Russia fighting 'not so much Ukraine, as the West'

#UPDATE Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu says Russia will mobilise 300,000 reservists, after President Vladimir Putin announces a partial military mobilisation over the conflict in Ukraine.

Shoigu tells state TV that 300,000 is only a fraction of troops available to be called up

#BREAKING Russia mobilisation a 'sign of weakness, failure': US Ukraine ambassador

#UPDATE President Vladimir Putin orders partial mobilisation in Russia, in an escalation of what Moscow calls its military operation in Ukraine.

Putin says Russia will use all available means to protect its territory, accusing the West of seeking to "destroy our country"

#BREAKING Putin speech shows invasion of Ukraine is 'failing': British Defence Secretary

#UPDATE Russian President Vladimir Putin's decision to mobilise military reservists to support the war in Ukraine shows that "his invasion is failing", British Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said Wednesday.

#BREAKING Dollar index highest in 20 years on Ukraine tensions

#UPDATE The dollar has reached the highest level in 20 years against a basket of major rival currencies with traders seeking safety as Russia escalates operations over Ukraine.

#UPDATE The Dollar index -- which compares the US unit against currencies including the euro, pound and yen -- jumped to a two-decade high at 110.87 points, also as the Federal Reserve prepares another aggressive US interest-rate hike

#BREAKING Russian military mobilisation 'wrong step': German minister

#UPDATE German vice-chancellor Robert Habeck says President Vladimir Putin's order for a partial military mobilisation to support Russia's war in Ukraine is a "bad and wrong step"

#BREAKING Kremlin critic Navalny says mobilisation will lead to 'massive tragedy': video

#UPDATE Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny has said the partial mobilisation announced by President Vladimir Putin will lead to a "massive tragedy", in a video statement during one of his court cases.

#UPDATE President Vladimir Putin has ordered a partial military mobilisation and vowed to use "all available means" to protect Russian territory, after Moscow-held regions of Ukraine suddenly announced annexation referendums.
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#UPDATE Change in the area of Ukrainian territory held by Russia, since the start of the Russian invasion on February 24
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#BREAKING Mobilisation, Ukraine votes show Putin's 'desperation': EU

#UPDATE Russian President Vladimir Putin's move to partially mobilise troops, along with a push for votes to annex occupied territories, showed his "desperation" at Moscow's military failings in Ukraine, an EU spokesman says.

#BREAKING China calls for 'ceasefire through dialogue' following Putin address on Ukraine

#UPDATE China has called for a "ceasefire through dialogue and consultation", following Russian President Vladimir Putin's address on Ukraine in which he announced a partial military mobilisation.

Map showing the situation in #Ukraine, as of September 21 at 0800 GMT
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#BREAKING German Chancellor Scholz calls Putin's announcements on partial military mobilisation, annexation referendums 'act of desperation'

#BREAKING Ukraine's Zelensky says does not believe Putin will use nuclear weapons: media interview

#BREAKING US says taking Putin's 'irresponsible' veiled threat to use nuclear weapons 'seriously': senior official

#BREAKING NATO chief Stoltenberg slams Putin's 'dangerous and reckless nuclear rhetoric'

#UPDATE Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told German media on Wednesday he does not believe Russia will use nuclear weapons, after President Vladimir Putin said Moscow would use "all available means" to protect its territory ▶️ u.afp.com/i4dp

#UPDATE President Vladimir Putin called up Russian military reservists on Wednesday, saying his promise to use all military means in Ukraine was "no bluff" and hinting that Moscow was prepared to use nuclear weapons ▶️ u.afp.com/i4gx

#BREAKING More than 200 people have been arrested at demonstrations across Russia following President Vladimir Putin's announcement of a partial mobilisation of civilians to fight in Ukraine, a police monitoring group said

#BREAKING Over 1,000 people detained in anti-mobilization protests across Russia, according to an NGO