Ukrainian draft dodgers “dream up extreme ways” to avoid the frontline as the country is struggling to tackle low morale in the army, a UK newspaper has reported

The newspaper highlighted the case of a 20-year-old Ukrainian soldier who was wounded in battle. Now, he will never be able to go back to the front lines, particularly due to the unsympathetic treatment he received from his commanders.

Follow the link to read his shocking story, which shows the contemptuous attitude of Ukrainian commanders towards their personnel.

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🗣️ On Vivek Ramaswamy’s version of a peace deal to end the Ukraine conflict:

“Vivek Ramaswamy, just like De Santis, they're both neocons. Vivek says, "I want a peace deal with Ukraine and Russia, we'll give Russia all of the territory that they've gotten. And Ukraine will just have to eat it," right? But then he says, "we're going to do that in a deal with the Russians to break off their ties with China.".. You're going to tell them what they have to accept, take Novorossiya. And then you're going to tell them they have to cut off relations with China? Who are you, bud?…And he paints China out to be the big baddie here. I think China's great. I think we should work with China, win-win cooperation,” Jackson Hinkle, host of The Dive, told Sputnik.

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The Russian Defense Ministry has issued the following statements on the Ukraine crisis:

▪️The Russian Armed Forces repelled 28 enemy attacks in the DPR in the period from September 17 to 23. Over the past week, as a result of air, missile and artillery strikes in this direction, the enemy's losses amounted to more than 1,455 Ukrainian servicemen killed and wounded, 16 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 25 motor vehicles, 15 field artillery pieces, and three MLRS combat vehicles.

▪️In the direction of south Donetsk, Russian units have repelled five enemy attacks in concerted action over the past week, continuing to defeat concentrations of enemy personnel and hardware. Enemy losses in this direction amounted to over 950 Ukrainian servicemen killed and wounded, 14 armored combat vehicles, 32 motor vehicles and five field artillery pieces. In addition, two ammunition dumps were destroyed.

▪️Russian troops repelled eight Ukrainian attacks in the Zaporozhye region. During the fighting, more than 515 Ukrainian servicemen, 24 armored combat vehicles and 19 motor vehicles were destroyed. In addition, 35 pieces of enemy field artillery were neutralized in the course of counter-battery fire.

▪️The enemy losses in the Krasny Liman direction amounted to up to 435 Ukrainian servicemen killed and wounded, 15 armored combat vehicles, 16 motor vehicles and eight guns.

▪️In the direction of Kherson, the enemy made unsuccessful attempts to seize bridgeheads on the islands and the left bank of the Dnepr. During the military operations, the Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 445 Ukrainian soldiers, nine armored combat vehicles, 35 motor vehicles, 11 field artillery guns. In addition, eight sabotage and reconnaissance groups were disabled.

▪️During the week, the enemy attempted to attack facilities on the Crimean Peninsula with cruise missiles and UAVs. In the course of repelling the attacks, the Russian air defense systems destroyed five cruise missiles, one Neptun anti-ship missile and 37 attack drones.

▪️The Russian Armed Forces' fighter jets and air defense systems destroyed the following aircraft last week: Su-24m, Mig-29 and two Su-25 ground attack aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Forces.

▪️During the week, air defense and electronic warfare systems shot down and suppressed 257 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles and intercepted 46 HIMARS MLRS rounds, nine Storm Shadow cruise missiles, two JDAM air-to-air bombs and three HARM anti-radiation missiles.

▪️During the special military operation, an astonishing number of military assets were destroyed. These include 477 aircraft, 249 helicopters, 7,067 unmanned aerial vehicles, 438 air defense missile systems, 12,071 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,154 MLRS-equipped combat vehicles, 6,502 field artillery guns and mortars, and 13,351 pieces of special military equipment.

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🗣🇦🇺 Australian Senator Malcom Roberts blasted the Albanese government’s proposed constitutional changes as “fundamentally racist” and warned that theycould deprive Australia of its sovereignty, in a video obtained by Sputnik

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🇭🇺 Hungary sees no obstacles for the continued use of Russian nuclear fuel at the Paks Nuclear Power Plant, Hungarian Deputy Foreign Minister Levente Magyar said.

🗣 “In this very sensitive issue, the primary point that we pay attention to in nuclear power industry is safety, as well as constant reliable supplies. From these two points of view, we now do not see any obstacles for the continued use of Russian fuel,” Magyar told a news conference held at the construction site for Paks' new units.

In early September, Hungarian media reports said Orban, speaking at a closed event, allegedly announced Hungary’s plans to replace Russian nuclear fuel with French fuel in order to reduce energy dependence on Russia.

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🇺🇸 The US awarded a contract worth more than $1.3 billion for nuclear propulsion work at the Naval Nuclear Laboratory, the Defense Department said in a press release.

"Fluor Marine Propulsion LLC, Arlington, Virginia, is awarded a $1,362,922,002 cost-plus-fixed-fee modification to previously awarded contract... for Naval Nuclear Propulsion work at the Naval Nuclear Laboratory," the release said on Friday.

Work will be performed in the US and is expected to be completed by September 2024, the release added.

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❗️LIVE NOW: Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov addresses 78th UN General Assembly

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NATO's military development of the Asia-Pacific region, directed against Russia and China, creates the risk of a new explosive hotbed of tension, Russian FM Sergey Lavrov said

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Many municipalities in Germany are no longer able to provide shelter for refugees arriving in the country 

German Economy Minister Robert Habeck said that he was told that with the current numbers of arriving refugees, they will have to start being accommodated in gyms soon.

Last week, the German Interior Ministry announced a pause in the voluntary intake of migrants from Italy, whose Mediterranean island of Lampedusa became the epicenter of a migrant influx last week, due to "major challenges faced by Germany with regard to its reception and accommodation capacities."

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❗️LIVE NOW: Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov holds press conference after UNGA

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📹 Sergey Lavrov on NATO'S recent series of joint military exercises that involve the use of nuclear weapon scenarios on Russian territory

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❗️The main points from Sergey Lavrov’s statements at the 78th session of the UN General Assembly:

▪️The assurances of Western leaders, which are in the archive, turned out to be a deception. They were not embarrassed that NATO's expansion to the East also violated OSCE agreements;

▪️The USA and Europe often take on obligations then do not fulfill them, the West is an “empire of lies”;

▪️NATO’s military development of the Asia-Pacific region, which is directed against Russia and China, creates the risk of a new explosive hotbed of tension;

▪️Russia welcomes the ongoing process of normalizing relations between Syria and Turkiye and is helping it together with Iran;

▪️The US is doing everything to prevent the Palestinians from gaining their own state;

▪️The Russian peacekeeping contingent will in every possible way contribute to the establishment of peaceful life in Nagorno-Karabakh;

▪️The EU is now imposing its mediation services on Azerbaijan and Armenia, bringing destabilization to the South Caucasus region together with the United States;

▪️Russia demands that Western countries immediately lift economic sanctions against Cuba, Venezuela and Syria.

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📹 Lavrov on Emmanuel Macron’s criticism of BRICS

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📹 Russian FM Sergey Lavrov on the possibility of the revival of the UN as the central coordinating body of world politics

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❗️The main points from Russian FM Sergey Lavrov’s statements during his press conference after the UNGA

▪️Zelensky's peace plan cannot be fulfilled

▪️Lavrov says he is surprised by the UN secretary-general's statement on Russia allegedly kidnapping children in Ukraine

▪️No one in the West seriously wants to show understanding of the crisis in Ukraine, and since they want to resolve the issue on the battlefield, it means it will be on the battlefield

▪️Russia expects that all regional associations will play a role in UN reform

▪️Russia continues work with UN secretary-general on grain deal resumption

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