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Russia-Ukraine Conflict


PUTIN MOBILIZES MORE TROOPS FOR UKRAINE, THREATENS NUCLEAR RETALIATION AND BACKS
ANNEXATION OF RUSSIAN-OCCUPIED LAND

In a rare national address Wednesday, the Russian leader announced the partial
mobilization of reservists after a series of battlefield setbacks.
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PUTIN WARNS THE THREAT OF NUCLEAR RETALIATION AGAINST THE WEST IS ‘NOT A BLUFF’

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Sept. 21, 2022, 6:20 AM UTC / Updated Sept. 21, 2022, 11:57 PM UTC
By Yuliya Talmazan, Patrick Smith, Courtney Kube and Daniel Arkin

Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the partial mobilization of military
reservists Wednesday, a significant escalation of his war in Ukraine after
battlefield setbacks left the Kremlin facing growing pressure to act.

In a rare national address, Putin also backed plans for Russia to annex occupied
areas of southern and eastern Ukraine and appeared to threaten nuclear
retaliation if Kyiv continues its efforts to reclaim that land.




The announcement came just a day after four Russian-controlled areas announced
they would stage votes this week on breaking away from Ukraine and joining
Russia, a plan Kyiv and its Western allies dismissed as a desperate “sham” to
deter a successful counteroffensive by Ukrainian troops. 

Vowing that Russia would use all the means at its disposal to protect what it
considers its territory, Putin accused the West of nuclear blackmail and warned:
“This is not a bluff.”

Speaking after him, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said 300,000
reservists would be called up initially.

Only those with relevant combat and service experience will be mobilized, he
said. Another clause in the decree, which went into effect immediately, prevents
most professional soldiers from terminating their contracts and leaving service
until the partial mobilization is no longer in place.



Across Russia, more than 1,300 people were detained at protests denouncing the
move, a rights group said.


'NO TO WAR': DOZENS DETAINED IN RUSSIA AT ANTI-MOBILIZATION PROTESTS

Sept. 22, 202200:48


The independent OVD-Info protest monitoring group said that according to
information it had collated from 38 Russian cities, more than 1,311 people had
been held by late evening.

President Joe Biden excoriated Moscow on Wednesday, telling world leaders in a
speech at the United Nations General Assembly that Putin's war is "about
extinguishing Ukraine's right to exist."

"If nations can pursue their imperial ambitions without consequences, then we
put at risk everything this very institution stands for — everything," Biden
said, pledging that the U.S. would continue to stand with "courageous Ukrainian
soldiers."



Washington said Putin's escalation was an expected step that showed his military
campaign was failing.

Bridget Brink, the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, said in response: "Sham referenda
and mobilization are signs of weakness, of Russian failure.

"The United States will never recognize Russia’s claim to purportedly annexed
Ukrainian territory, and we will continue to stand with Ukraine for as long as
it takes," she said.

The Defense Department characterized Putin's latest move in similar terms.



"Like Russia’s planned sham referenda to annex territory in Ukraine, the
announcement and associated threats are another sign that Russia is struggling
to salvage its illegal occupation of Ukraine," a Pentagon spokesman, Air Force
Brig. Gen. Patrick S. Ryder, said in a statement.

The new deployments could include Russian fighters from major cities, a move
that might undermine Putin's domestic support if thousands of young people wind
up leaving for Ukraine, a U.S. defense official and a U.S. official said.

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Four U.S. officials said Putin's apparent threat of nuclear retaliation was
"irresponsible," confirming that there has been no change in Russia's nuclear or
chemical capabilities.

Putin has resisted calls from nationalist supporters and pro-military bloggers
for a general mobilization since he launched his full-scale invasion of Ukraine
on Feb. 24.



On Wednesday, he stopped short of that step — which could have significantly
boosted his ailing forces but would likely take time and could also have proven
unpopular with a public the Kremlin has sought to insulate from the effects of
the war.  

It remains to be seen whether the partial mobilization will spare him those same
concerns.

Meanwhile, Ukraine's deputy prime minister, Iryna Vereshchuk, made a direct
appeal to Russian fighters on the messaging platform Telegram, saying in part:
"If you were mobilized and you ended up on the territory of Ukraine, you can
simply surrender.

"You save the most valuable thing — your life — for yourself and for your loved
ones," Vereshchuk said Wednesday. "This is better than an inglorious death in a
foreign land."


'SHAM’ VOTES

The sudden flurry of activity signaled that the Kremlin intends not just to dig
in but also to ramp up its efforts in a conflict that has dragged on for nearly
seven months and recently tilted away from its forces. Its public backers have
delighted in the prospect of an “all-out war” and a new confrontation with the
West.



Russian-backed separatist officials in the eastern areas of Luhansk and Donetsk,
as well as the southern Kherson region and the partly occupied Zaporizhzhia,
announced Tuesday that they would hold votes on formally joining Russia over
four days starting Friday. It wasn’t clear whether the proposed annexation would
cover the entire territory of the provinces or only the areas occupied by
Russian forces.


Servicemen in the breakaway Russian-controlled area of Donetsk watch Vladimir
Putin's address. Sputnik via AP


Russia’s parliament also approved a bill to toughen punishments for a host of
crimes, including desertion and surrender, if they are committed during periods
of mobilization or martial law.

The swift developments came just a week after Ukraine successfully reclaimed
swaths of territory in its northeast, in what many observers said could be a
decisive shift in the conflict.



Kyiv's military has been pressing to make further gains in Luhansk and Donetsk,
which together form the industrial Donbas region, which Moscow has made its
primary goal since it failed to seize Kyiv, the capital. And it has also been
waging a simultaneous second counteroffensive in the south to wear down Russian
forces gathered around the strategically important city of Kherson and the Black
Sea coast.

The Kremlin has insisted that what it calls its “special military operation” in
Ukraine is going according to plan, but military observers have said Russian
forces are depleted and increasingly dispirited. 

Under growing pressure, Putin has now acted — although it was unclear how the
moves will have an immediate impact on the ground.

Kyiv has been boosted by Western-supplied weapons, including long-range rocket
systems supplied by the U.S., leading voices on Russian state media to argue
that the country is fighting not just Ukraine, but also NATO.



Washington and its allies vowed Tuesday to stand by Kyiv and condemned the
planned votes as a “sham” they would never recognize.

Russia held a vote to annex the Crimean Peninsula in 2014, with most of the
international community rejecting the results. 

But this time, the referendums come amid a full-scale invasion that Putin seems
determined to press ahead with.


Yuliya Talmazan

Yuliya Talmazan is a London-based journalist.


Patrick Smith

Patrick Smith is a London-based editor and reporter for NBC News Digital.


Courtney Kube

Courtney Kube is a correspondent covering national security and the military for
the NBC News Investigative Unit.


Daniel Arkin

Daniel Arkin is a national reporter at NBC News. He specializes in popular
culture and the entertainment industry, particularly film and television.

The Associated Press contributed.


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