🇩🇪 🗣 Germany wants to become a permanent member of the UN Security Council.

🗯 “I ask you to support our candidacy. The candidacy of a country that respects the principles of the UN and which stands for cooperation and participates in it,” said Chancellor Scholz, speaking at the 77th session of the UN General Assembly.

▪️ He added that Germany has been advocating reforms and expansion of the Security Council for many years.

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⚡️ President Putin starts his address on Donbass

⚡️ Putin says the West’s goal is to destroy Russia, they say openly that they managed to collapse USSR and now its time for Russia

⚡️ The liberation of the entire territory of Donbass remains the unchanging goal of the special military operation, Putin says

⚡️ Kiev openly abandoned conflict resolution plans on Donbass and announced claims to obtain nuclear weapons, an attack on Crimea could happen - Putin

⚡️ Kiev was reacting positively to Russia’s proposals after start of military operation, but West instructed Ukraine to abandon negotiations - Putin

⚡️ ⚡️Putin instructs governmentt, defense ministry to determine legal status of volunteers and Donbass militias as soon as possible

⚡️ The decision on partial mobilization corresponds to the current state of affairs, Putin says

⚡️ A decree on partial mobilization has been signed: Putin

⚡️ Decree on partial mobilization stipulates additional measures for state defense orders - Putin

⚡️ Putin: Western countries are pushing Kiev to transfer hostilities to Russia

⚡️ Putin: If its territorial integrity is threatened, Russia will use all available means; this is not a bluff

⚡️ Decree on partial mobilization comes into force from the day of its official publication - Kremlin

⚡️ Russia's Defense Minister Shoigu: Russia is at war with the collective West

⚡️ West supplies weapons to Ukraine in huge volumes, Shoigu says

⚡️ Ukraine's casualty count amounts to more than 100,000 people: 61,207 dead and 49,368 wounded, Shoigu says

⚡️ The loss of the Russian Armed Forces totals 5,937 dead, Shoigu says

📹 Russian President Vladimir Putin announced on Wednesday that he'd signed a decree on partial mobilization in the country.

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📹 Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday accused the West of engaging in nuclear blackmail against Russia, in a speech announcing a partial mobilisation in the country.

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❗️Highlights from Russia's Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu during today's address on Donbass:

▪️ Ukraine using West-supplied weapons against civilian population more and more often;

▪️ Over 150 western military experts are operating in Kiev;

▪️ Over 2,000 mercenaries killed in Ukraine, more than 1,000 remain.

▪️ Ukraine lost half of its military; casualty count amounts to more than 100,000 people: 61,207 dead and 49,368 wounded;

▪️ The loss of the Russian Armed Forces totals 5,937 dead;

▪️ Partial mobilization is primarily needed to control the contact line of 1 thousand km and the liberated territories.

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📹 Russian MoD has published footage showing Su-25 assault fighters launch air missile attacks at AFU facilities and equipment.

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