Some of the first reservists called to Ukraine for Putin's just-announced partial mobilization are seen off by their families and loved ones.
on whether they want to join Russia in an effort to legitimize its annexation of the regions.
Russia had previously done this in Crimea in 2014, but this vote is expected to have even less legitimacy. The warnings have been vague, a deliberate strategy designed to keep Kremlin officials guessing on what the U.S. response would actually be in the event of a nuclear strike, according toIt is not clear who has been delivering the messages to Moscow, or whether a message was sent after Russian President Vladimir Putin's most recent nuclear threat.
Russians options to survive, he said, are to"protest, fight, run away or surrender to Ukrainian captivity."Share to TwitterIn an address to the United Nations Security Council on Thursday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov fought back against what he described as a"propaganda operation" by Ukraine and its Western allies to change the"narrative" in the war.
Lavrov's address to the Security Council came shortly after U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken called planned referendums to allow residents of the Dunbas and other areas under Russian control to vote on joining the Russian Federation a"sham." Blinken said it is part of a"diabolical" Kremlin plan to annex more Ukrainian territory.
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