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Putin's latest "initiatives" result in even greater support for Ukraine on the part of Europe, including through the supply of military equipment. This was stated by Germany’s Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht, who spoke at a joint press conference in Berlin with her French counterpart Sebastien Lecornu, an Ukrinform correspondent reports. "Our response is really consistent and, most importantly, resolute and joint: there will be no deviations, we will continue to support Ukraine in its courageous struggle in the future," the German minister said. Read also: HIMARS, ATACMS, Abrams, Leopards for Ukraine to be West’s best response to Russian escalation -…

Paragraph 7 of Vladimir Putin’s decree announcing partial mobilization across Russia, which has been classified, allows the country’s defense ministry to call up one million people. That’s according to the Novaya Gazeta EU outlet, citing a source in the presidential administration, Ukrinform reports. Earlier, a scan copy of Vladimir Putin's decree on the introduction of "partial mobilization" in Russia was published on the legal information portal. Paragraph 7 of the decree is marked “for restricted use.” Later, in response to journalists' inquiries, the president’s press secretary, Dmitry Peskov, said that the classified item was related to the number of reservists who…

This morning Russian troops have fired nine S-300 missiles at the city of Zaporizhzhia. One man was reported killed and five more people injured. The relevant statement was made by Zaporizhzhia Regional Military Administration Head Oleksandr Starukh in a commentary to journalists, an Ukrinform correspondent reports. “At 07:20 a.m., Zaporizhzhia cam under enemy fire. According to the preliminary data, these were S-300 high-power missiles. A male hotel worker, 65, was killed. Five more civilians were injured, and four of them were taken to hospital,” Starukh told. According to Press Officer of the Main Department of the Ukrainian State Emergency Service…

Russian President Putin's order for a partial military mobilization and threats to use nuclear weapons show that his invasion of Ukraine is failing. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told this to journalists in New York, Ukrinform reports, citing Reuters. "Canada condemns Putin's irresponsible escalation of the war, his partial military mobilization, his nuclear threats, as well as Russia's rushed referendums to try to annex parts of Ukraine are unacceptable. [...] Putin's behavior only goes to show that his invasion is failing," he said. Read also: Putin's mobilization reflects Russia's problems on battlefield - Blinken Trudeau also added that Putin's conscription…

Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has asked the Australian government to consider supplying Ukraine with a larger number of Bushmaster armored vehicles. The head of Ukrainian diplomacy announced this on Twitter after meeting with his Australian counterpart Penny Wong on the sidelines of the 77th session of the UN General Assembly, Ukrinform reports. "Met with Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong in New York to thank her for Australia’s unwavering support. We discussed further military aid to Ukraine. I requested to consider sending us more Bushmasters, given the important role they play in countering Russian aggression," Kuleba wrote. Read also: Reznikov:…

Russian President Vladimir Putin on September 21 signed a decree on "partial mobilization," which will kick off immediately. That's according to Putin's video address to the nation, seen by Ukrinform. The sweep will cover only those citizens who are in military reserve, primarily those who have served in the ranks of the armed forces, having acquired certain military accounting specialties and relevant experience, said the Russian president. Putin said that conscripts would undergo additional military training before being sent to their bases. He also stated that Russia would recognize the outcome of the "referenda" on "accession to Russia", which the…

Exhumation procedures continue at the mass burial site near the Kharkiv region’s Izium, which has recently been liberated from Russian invaders. An Ukrinform photojournalist visited the place, which had become another evidence of crimes committed by Russians against Ukrainians. As of September 19, 2022, the experts of the National Police of Ukraine recovered 146 bodies of those who had fallen victims to the Russian aggression. According to the data from Kharkiv Regional Military Administration Head Oleh Syniehubov, most victims were civilians, and two children were among them. Some bodies bear signs of a violent death. Some victims have their hands…

Twenty-five more bodies of the fallen defenders have been returned to Ukraine. The relevant statement was made by the Ukrainian Temporary Occupied Territories Reintegration Ministry, an Ukrinform correspondent reports. “Another operation for the exchange of bodies of the fallen servicemen took place. Ukraine has brought back 25 bodies of its defenders,” the report states. The operation was carried out in cooperation with Commissioner on Persons Gone Missing Oleh Kotenko, Ukrainian military and security services. The process of returning bodies is taking place in accordance with the Geneva Conventions. mk

Relatives identified the killed soldier wearing a blue-yellow bracelet, whose body was exhumed from a mass grave near Izium. This is Serhii Sova from Nikopol, a fighter of the 93rd Independent Kholodnyi Yar Mechanized Brigade. “It became known that a hand with a blue-yellow bracelet from the mass grave in Izium is a fragment of the body of a soldier from Nikopol. This photo taken during the exhumation – a striking picture of a blackened hand wearing a patriotic bracelet – was published all over the world. Oksana Sova, a resident of Nikopol, identified her husband by a tattoo on…

The troops of the Russian Federation have killed 391 children in Ukraine. "As of the morning of September 20, 2022, more than 1,151 children were affected in Ukraine as a result of the full-scale armed aggression of the Russian Federation. According to the official information of juvenile prosecutors, 391 children were killed and more than 760 were injured," the Prosecutor General's Office posted on Telegram. The data are not final as the work is ongoing to establish casualties in the areas of active hostilities, in temporarily occupied and liberated territories. Most children were affected in Donetsk region – 397, Kharkiv…