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Putin flirts again with grim prospect of nuclear war – this time he might mean it

Russian leader’s speech marks biggest escalation of Ukraine war, and raises fears of unprecedented disaster

The Guardian - UK

4 chilling messages in Vladimir Putin's speech including horrifying nuclear threat

Much like his speech at the end of February which led to Russian tanks rolling into Ukraine, Vladimir Putin's speech sent alarm bells ringing across the globe. But what exactly did he say?

Daily Mirror

Putin mobilizes more troops, wields Ukraine nuclear threat

President Vladimir Putin declared a “partial mobilization,” calling up 300,000 reservists, in a major escalation of his flagging invasion of Ukraine, which he portrayed as a fight to the death with the U.S. and its allies.

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'This Is Not a Bluff': Putin Amps Up Nuke Threats

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Reason

Terrified Russians flee country as flights sell out after Vladimir Putin speech

Russians are trying to flee their homeland in their droves as President Vladimir Putin announced the mobilisation of 300,000 reservists and expensive flights appear to be in high demand

Daily Mirror

Russia-Ukraine war latest: what we know on day 210 of the invasion

Putin threatens use of nuclear weapons as he announces partial mobilisation in Russia; World leaders condemn intention by Moscow-held regions of Ukraine to vote on annexation by Russia

The Guardian - UK

Backed into a corner over Ukraine, Vladimir Putin is lashing out with huge repercussions OLD REDIRECTED

In a matter of hours, Russia’s president has swung from conciliatory to combative and the stakes couldn’t be higher, says Kim Sengupta

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Ukraine-Russia war latest: All your key questions as Putin threatens to use nukes

Why, seven months since the war began, has the Kremlin ramped up its aggressions and what is really going on in Ukraine? The Mirror explains the latest situation between Russia and Ukraine

Daily Mirror

Russian opposition calls for protests against Putin's 'criminal war'

Russia's opposition on Wednesday called for protests against President Vladimir Putin after he ordered the mobilisation of 300,000 reservists for what Kremlin foe Alexei Navalny said was a failing criminal war.

Reuters

Categories exempt from call-up to be determined soon - Kremlin

The Russian government will announce "very soon" which categories of citizens will be exempted from a mobilisation of reservists with military experience to serve in Ukraine, the Kremlin said on Wednesday.

Reuters

Ukraine war: Putin calls up more troops and threatens nuclear option in a speech which ups the ante but shows Russia's weakness

Declaring a partial mobilisation and threatening the use of “lots of Russian weapons” in response to alleged western nuclear blackmail, Russia’s president Vladimir Putin has upped the ante once more in his war against Ukraine. Indeed, Putin nearly went so far as to say so: “When the territorial integrity of…

The Conversation

Putin calls up 300,000 reservists and threatens West as Ukraine war escalates

Russian president Vladimir Putin said he was not bluffing as he issued a threat to use nuclear weapons to protect his country.

The Independent UK

Russia's mobilisation is a sign of the Kremlin's panic, Dutch PM says

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte on Wednesday said Russia's mobilisation order is a sign of panic at the Kremlin, that should not be taken as a direct threat of full-out war with the West.

Reuters

Vladimir Putin 'had 13-hour coughing fit and chest pain' before delaying TV speech

The General SVR Telegram channel has claimed that 'several attempts to start recording an appeal were frustrated due to coughing' and doctors were called after four unsuccessful attempts to record the address

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Irish Mirror

Vladimir Putin issues ominous nuclear bomb threat to West and says it 'is not a bluff'

In a significant escalation, the president threatened nuclear strikes in response to what he claimed were attacks on his territory

The National (Scotland)

Vladimir Putin sends warning to West as he announces partial mobilisation for Russian citizens

RUSSIAN President Vladimir Putin has warned the West that Russia would use all the means at its disposal to protect its territory, saying:…

The Guardian - UK

‘You hear bangs all the time’: life in Ukraine’s newly liberated towns

Those returning, and those who never left, are weighing their fortunes. ‘We don’t have power,’ one says. ‘But we are alive’

The Guardian - AU

Biden to rally world leaders against Russian attempts to annex Ukraine regions

Antony Blinken calls referendums plan a ‘sham’ and Moscow’s possible mobilisation of extra forces ‘a sign of Russian failure’ ahead of Biden speech

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Putin 'should have nuked Queen's funeral', says Russian TV military pundit

Olga Skabeyeva, known as the Russian leader's 'Iron Doll', claims the ceremony was a perfect target due to the presence of many world leaders

The Guardian - UK

Is Vladimir Putin happy to risk nuclear war to avoid admitting defeat?

Russian leader’s escalatory threat to annex parts of Ukraine in effort to halt counteroffensive is fraught with risk

WEKU

Russia makes moves to annex separatist regions in Ukraine

Leaders of four separatist and partially Russian-occupied regions said they would hold referendums on whether to formally join Russia, starting as soon as Friday.

Al Jazeera

Russian-backed separatists in Ukraine plan annexation votes

Ukraine and its allies condemn plans for referendums amid concern it risks an escalation of the seven month crisis.

The Guardian - UK

Four occupied Ukraine regions plan imminent ‘votes’ on joining Russia

‘Referendum’ announcements in Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson may indicate move to annex territories

Axios

Kremlin-backed separatists in Ukraine plan votes to join Russia

The planned votes come after Russia suffered one of its biggest setbacks of the war.

Tribune News Service

Russia hurries to annex occupied Ukraine amid Kyiv’s gains

The Kremlin is moving hastily to stage sham votes on annexing the regions of Ukraine its forces still control, after Kyiv’s military drove Russian troops from large areas of territory taken in their seven-month-old invasion.

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