President Putin announces military reservists are to be sent to Ukraine as part of a partial mobilisation of Russian forces. In a televised address to the nation, he said this was a necessary step to ensure Russian territorial integrity. He accused the West of "nuclear blackmail" and said a threat to retaliate was "not a bluff.” At the UNGA, one western leader after another blasted Russia. Expect new sanctions and restrictions
Read MoreOn several occasions today during live coverage of the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II, her background role in providing guidance to western leaders and policy makers on the war in Ukraine was mentioned. Russia has reportedly fired dangerously close to another nuclear power plant in Ukraine
Read MoreUkrainian officials accused Russian forces of a growing list of war crimes in liberated parts of the Kharkiv region, as they continued to exhume bodies from a mass burial site discovered in Izyum and said they had found what they described as torture chambers in the area. Meanwhile, U.S. President Joe Biden issues a stern warning to Vladimir Putin against the use of tactical nuclear or biological weapons
Read MoreUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has called upon on the international community to condemn the Russian "terrorist state” following the discovery of a mass burial site and evidence of torture in Izyum. It now appears that U.S. President Joe Biden is coming closer to make the declaration - making Russia part of a club that includes Iran, North Korea and Cuba.
Read MoreEvidence of massive horrific Russian war crimes is emerging in Izium as advancing forces liberated territory and found mass graves containing mostly civilians but also soldiers. According to reports from journalists and officials in the scene, some bodies show signs of torture or have their hands bound. At least 400 bodies are believed to be in the mass graves next to a cemetery.
Read MoreUkrainian President Zelensky is pleading for more weaponry from European leaders. And in his first meeting with President Putin since the invasion, Chinese President Xi Xinping stops short of voicing public support for Russia’s full scale invasion of Ukraine
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