Russia is reportedly targeting minorities in regions far from Moscow to support its war on Ukraine.
's partial mobilization for his war on Ukraine is targeting ethnic minorities living far from Moscow.
Wearing a black sweatshirt with the words"I'm Ukrainian," Zelensky appeared in the video next to a plaque in Kyiv memorializing Imam Shamil, a 19th century cleric who led resistance in the Caucasus to imperial Russia. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is seen during his joint press conference with Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki and Latvian President Egils Levits on September 9, 2022, in Kyiv, Ukraine. Zelensky has released a video calling on Russia's ethnic minorities to resist being drafted."Dagestanis do not have to die in a vile and disgraceful war of Russia.
Zelensky told them to"fight to avoid death" and to use their freedom now to prevent being sent"to fight in the mountains and forests simply for your right to live." Calling the mobilization order"criminal," he said Russian authorities had covered up their failures in Ukraine.Zelensky also said Ukraine has taken note of efforts to resist the mobilization order.
The agency mentioned Dagestan, a majority Muslim region of Russia that borders Georgia and the Caspian Sea, where protesters had clashed with police.
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