The Ukrainian General Staff states that after partial mobilization, Russia sends the new recruits to the front immediately and without training. President Zelenskyy says that minorities in Russia in particular are again being called to arms. what happened tonight
According to the Ukrainian general staff, the Russian army immediately sends the soldiers recruited during the partial mobilization to the front. It is said that the men do not receive any military training beforehand. The commanders of Putin’s troops would like to replace the losses in their own ranks as quickly as possible.
After Putin’s decision last Wednesday, experts had speculated a great deal about how much training the new recruits would receive before they were sent to war. Many of the reservists are fundamentally poorly trained and urgently need a long practice period in order not to end up as “cannon fodder”, it was said.
According to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the partial mobilization ordered by Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin in Russia is hitting ethnic minorities particularly hard. “We see that people, especially in Dagestan, have started fighting for their lives,” Zelenskyj said in his video speech on Monday night. He was referring to violent protests that had broken out hours earlier in the Muslim-dominated Russian republic of Dagestan in the Caucasus.
In a village from which 110 men were to be conscripted for the war against Ukraine, police even fired warning shots at demonstrators on Sunday. “I emphasize once again: there is no way out,” said Zelenskyj. “Escape. Or go into Ukrainian captivity at the first opportunity.”
Dagestan is one of the regions of Russia from which, according to observers, a particularly large number of men are conscripted. Activists complain that members of ethnic minorities are particularly hard hit by the mobilization and therefore sometimes even speak of “ethnic cleansing”. Anti-mobilization protests are also particularly large in the Yakutia and Buryatia regions of Siberia.
In the village of Endirej in Dagestan, residents blocked a road to prevent the partial mobilization ordered by Putin, civil rights activists said. Videos show police officers pointing guns in the air, then shots are heard. According to Dagestani media, the protest was a reaction to 110 men from the village being forced into the war against Ukraine. There were also major protests in Dagestan’s capital, Makhachkala.
Dagestan is one of the regions of Russia from which, according to observers, a particularly large number of men are conscripted. Activists complain that members of ethnic minorities are particularly hard hit by the mobilization and therefore sometimes even speak of “ethnic cleansing”. Anti-mobilization protests are also particularly large in the Yakutia and Buryatia regions of Siberia.
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In the areas occupied by Moscow in the east and south of Ukraine, the occupiers are continuing to hold mock referendums on the region’s accession to Russia, despite shelling. According to the occupation authorities, two people died in a hotel in the Cherson region in a Ukrainian rocket attack.
The votes, which have been criticized internationally as a breach of international law, are also scheduled for Tuesday in the Zaporizhia, Donetsk and Luhansk regions. Putin had emphasized that Moscow would then treat attacks by Ukraine on the areas as attacks on its own territory and would defend itself with all means. The West is preparing new sanctions in response to the annexation.
According to the German government, EU citizens should no longer be allowed to hold top positions in Russian state-owned companies. This emerges from a proposal from Berlin for new sanctions against Russia, which is available to the German Press Agency in Brussels. The background is likely to be the case of ex-Chancellor Gerhard Schröder, who was the head of the supervisory board of the Russian oil company Rosneft for many years. First, the “Süddeutsche Zeitung” reported.
Dealing with Russian conscientious objectors is to be coordinated at EU level on Monday. 27 EU ambassadors are to meet under the so-called crisis response mechanism.
In addition, mock referendums on accession to Russia continue in the Russian-occupied areas of Ukraine. Ukraine and the West see a breach of international law in the compulsory votes scheduled until Tuesday. It is expected that the areas will be annexed and possibly declared Russian state territory by Putin on Friday.
The September 25 Ukraine update
According to the ISW, the Russian mobilization should not be able to implement Putin’s plans. Ukrainian President Zelenskyy warns his citizens in the occupied territories against Russian recruitment. Traffic light ministers want to grant asylum to Russian deserters. What happened tonight in the Ukraine war.
They drive up in an SUV, pay their fee with 100-euro bills and complain about fruit with bruises: Ukrainian refugees are causing displeasure at the food bank in Weimar. Volunteers are fed up with being bullied.
The Ukraine war has reached a new level of escalation. The Ukrainian offensive and the partial mobilization of Russia have increased the risk of a third world war. The task now is to campaign for peace from a position of strength. The West must also persuade the Ukrainian President to give in.
