Putin Statement: Declares Partial Conscription in Russia – Western Fury Over Pro-Russian ‘Referendums’

The Russian president Vladimir Putin declared partial mobilization, in his speech, as reported by the TASS agency. The West does not want peace between Russia and Ukraine, Putin emphasized and noted that Russia’s goal is to liberate Donbass. “The West has crossed the line in its aggression against Russia,” he underlined.

Meanwhile, plans by pro-Russian authorities to hold referendums in four regions of Ukraine have sparked outrage in the West. The president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, spoke of what she called a flagrant violation of the UN Charter by Russia.

“We will never recognize Russia’s attempt to legitimize its illegal and barbaric occupation of Ukrainian territory,” Ms von der Leyen told the German news agency.

“The attempt to change the borders of Ukraine is completely unacceptable and a clear violation of the UN Charter, the independence, national sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine,” added the head of the Commission on the sidelines of the 77th General Assembly of the United Nations in New York.

H Russia it will suffer “greater consequences” if it proceeds to annex parts of its territory Ukrainianits senior official said yesterday Tuesday (20/9). American State Department.

“We have made it clear that there will be greater consequences. We have a number of tools”the US State Department official said, according to the Reuters news agency.

Her chancellor’s message was also stern Germany, Olaf Solz. He stressed that Russian President Vladimir Putin will leave them “imperial ambitions” of which they risk the destruction of Ukraine and Russia if he recognizes that he cannot win the war he launched on February 24.

Meanwhile, Liz Truss will use her first overseas visit as British prime minister to pledge billions of pounds in aid to support Ukraine next year, her office said, while condemning China’s actions against Taiwan before her address to the UN General Assembly.

Truss will commit to the UN General Assembly to provide the same or more than 2022 military aid (2.31 billion euros) to Ukraine for 2023, doubling its support for Kyiv after the Russian invasion.

At the same time, it will argue that it will help Europe’s independence from Russian energy.