Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called for peace but demanded that Russia face 'punishment for the crime of aggression.'
said the prices for tickets to countries not requiring visas jumped significantly and were"completely gone" by Wednesday night. And it noted that statements by authorities on how partial mobilization will take place in practice were"very contradictory and sometimes did not coincide with reality."
►Voting begins Friday on referendums in four Russian-controlled regions of eastern and southern Ukraine -- Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia -- a precursor to Russian annexation. Foreign leaders have called the votes a nonbinding sham. “Every council member should send a clear message that these reckless nuclear threats must stop immediately,” Blinken said.
Russia's foreign minister, Sergey Lavrov, said Ukraine's allies “have been covering up the crimes of the Kyiv regime.”For many Russians the war in Ukraine had seemed like a distant endeavor, a conflict that didn't affect their daily lives as state propaganda made it seem like the pursuit was going according to plan.
A 25-year-old man in Moscow who gave only his first name, Dmitry, told Russian media company Ostorozhno Novosti he did not expect to be called up and shipped out so quickly, especially since he's still a student.
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