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Ukraine Update….200 days into the Russian move on the Ukraine…Putin Worried…..

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We wake up to screeming headlines in the media….

Russian President Putin is not having a good war….

The Ukraine, with Westren assistance IS pushing the BIGGER Russian force backwards…

(The Ukraine action in the East could encircle and trap Russian forces in the South East of the country)

So much so that border Russian places are evacuating….

So much so that Putin, who didn’t want to, is now moving to draft hundred of thousands of reservists….

So much so that Russian males are ducking joining the military by leaving the country...

(Those troops wouldn’t be on the battlefeild for how long?…Do the Russian have that time?)

(The Russian are sending their criminals to fight)

This IS gonna drop a losing war into the whole country, which thought they were winning, but now KNOWS that ain’t the case…

Oh, and Putin is back to playing the nuclear card again, something that would be HUGLY self defeating for Russia , and force Biden and the West to help Ukraine even MORE….

Ukraine President Zelensky is addressing the UN General Assembly today….

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s announcement of a “partial mobilization” of troops was condemned by United States and European officials as a dangerous escalation and a sign of weakness as the invasion in Ukraine falters. Putin, while drafting as many as 300,000 reservists, made a threatening reference to Russia’s nuclear arsenal: “With a threat to the territorial integrity of our country, to protect Russia and our people, we of course will use all the means at our disposal. This is not a bluff.”

Ukraine has mounted a successful counteroffensive in the northeast, and Kremlin-backed officials are pressing ahead with staged referendums that could result in Moscow illegally annexing occupied parts of Ukraine — which would mark a major escalation in the conflict. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is set to address the U.N. General Assembly on Wednesday, after members voted to exempt himfrom a rule requiring in-person speeches at this year’s session.

Here’s what to know:

  • President Biden will deliver a “firm rebuke” to Russia in his own speech to world leaders in New York, the White House said. The European Union warned Russia that there will be consequences for the latest escalation, but stopped short of announcing new measures to target the Kremlin’s war effort.
  • The U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, Bridget Brink, said “sham referenda and mobilization are signs of weakness, of Russian failure” and that the country will “never recognize Russia’s claim to purportedly annexed Ukrainian territory.”
  • Putin framed the move to call up reservists as an attempt to defend Russian sovereignty against a West that seeks to use Ukraine as a tool to “divide and destroy Russia.”
  • The Ukrainian counteroffensive has forced a major Russian retreat in the northeastern Kharkiv region in recent days, as troops fled cities and villages they had occupied since the early days of the war and abandoned large amounts of military equipment. In his nightly address, Zelensky said the situation on the front line “clearly indicates that the initiative belongs to Ukraine.”

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Here’s what you need to know:

  • With a ‘partial mobilization,’ Putin escalates the war.

  • Putin announces his support for referendums in occupied Ukraine.

  • Russia is desperate for troops, but it will take time to mobilize new recruits, analysts say.

  • Russia’s forces, though entrenched in the south, are struggling elsewhere in Ukraine.

  • Ukrainian officials cast Putin’s order as an act of desperation.

  • China offers a muted response to Putin’s announcement as it tries to maintain ties to Russia.

  • Germany nationalizes a major utility company as Moscow cuts the flow of gas…..

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