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• War Ukraine's allies describe the referendum as a "farce" and open themselves to the possibility of imposing more sanctions

The German chancellor, Olaf Scholz, has assured the UN that the Russian president,

, "will only abandon his

and his imperialist ambitions if he sees that he cannot win", for which he urged to support

by all means.

media.

"President

is waging a

with only one goal: to take over

. Self-determination and political independence do not count for him. There is only one word for this. This is imperialism plain and simple," Scholz said.

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8:27

Ukraine accuses Russia of bombing the Zaporizhia plant again

The Ukrainian nuclear operator Energoatom has accused

of having once again bombed the site of the Zaporizhia power plant

south), the largest in Europe.

nuclear power plant

overnight," Energoatom said on Telegram.

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8:20

Putin's "partial mobilization" to deal with the war in Ukraine comes into force today

President

has

announced a "partial mobilization" in a televised message to the nation. The mobilization applies to reservists and those who had previously served in the Army.

The measure, which enters into force today, is due to the need to defend the country's sovereignty and territorial integrity, the president stressed.

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8:10

Germany to nationalize gas giant Uniper

The German state will nationalize 98.5% of the gas giant

, suffocated by Russian gas cuts, the company's majority shareholder, the Finnish group Fortum, has announced.

At the end of an agreement between Berlin and the Nordic public group, Germany will have to repurchase 56% of the capital that Fortum owns for around 500 million euros and carry out a capital increase of 8,000 million euros, the Finnish company indicates in a press release. press.

release.

"Following the capital increase and the purchase of shares, the German state will own approximately 98.5% of Uniper," specifies Fortum.

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8:07

Putin announces a partial military mobilization of its population to fight in Ukraine: "The West wants to destroy Russia"

President

Vladimir Putin announced on Wednesday a partial military mobilization of his population to fight in the

.

In a pre-recorded speech that delayed its broadcast, scheduled for Tuesday night, Putin justified his military aggression and uttered the word "war" for the first time: "The Westerners pushed Ukraine into war with us."

While the reconquest of the

territories in the war in Ukraine progresses, the rush to call a referendum to officially convert them into

satellites intensifies .

The Russian Foreign Minister,

, and the

(lower house of the Russian Parliament) supported on Tuesday the holding of integration referendums with

in the self-proclaimed people's republics of

and

, to which the occupied territories of

and

.

People in the

seem to hope that these votes will not only calm loyalists and silence the local population disaffected by Moscow's imperialism, but will also help stop the Ukrainians from entering

.

Even if that annexation is not recognized by almost any country.

[Read the complete information here]

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7:19

Russia launches missile attack on Kharkiv

The mayor of Kharkiv, Ihor Terekhov, has reported that a Russian missile hit skyscrapers in the Kholodnohirskyi district overnight.

Terekhov said that rescue teams are working at the scene, although at the moment there is information about casualties at the moment.

The State Emergency Service have rescued 10 people from another high-rise building that was also damaged during the attack.

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6:56

Russia will not attend the UN Security Council meeting on Ukraine

is not expected to

attend the UN Security Council meeting on

's sovereignty that is scheduled for Thursday, according to a senior State Department official.

"It doesn't look like the Russian Foreign Minister is going to be there," the official said.

"I understand that

will not be represented."

Until last week, US officials had said they thought

would attend.

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6:53

Ukraine's allies call the referendum a "farce" and open to the possibility of imposing more sanctions

The international community

, just as it did not do with Crimea, which Moscow decided to declare part of its territory eight years ago, in a measure that has only been legitimized by the dictatorships of Cuba and Nicaragua. .

One of the most repeated words to refer to the initiative has been

, used by the German chancellor,

, and by the NATO secretary general,

.

French President

.

US National Security Adviser Jack Sullivan has stated that the strategy behind annexation "is a response to Ukraine's battlefield victories and a way to prepare for possible

measures. " .

The United States has been considering for months that it is likely that Russia will call

, totally or partially, of its population to fight in Ukraine. [Read the complete information here]

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6:41

Accounts of arrests and torture in eastern Ukraine after the departure of the Russians

In

, cities recently reconquered by Ukrainian forces in the east of the country, stories emerge of arbitrary arrests and torture perpetrated by the occupants.

At

hospital , Mikhailo Chindei, 67, recently walked again.

His arm in a cast is a painful reminder of the Russian presence in the city.

"On August 27 at night, the school near my house was bombed," he tells AFP.

"There were Russian soldiers there and there were a lot of dead and wounded," she said.

After that bombardment, the Russians arrested Chindei accusing him "of having given the coordinates of the school to the

".

They wanted to know where the Ukrainian troops were and if he communicated with them.

"They put a bag on my head (...) and when I could see, recognize the place, it was the

police station, " he said.

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6:26

Zelensky and Erdogan talk about security issues of the war in Ukraine that they do not reveal

's

President

and Turkey's President

spoke by phone on Tuesday about undisclosed security issues.

This was announced tonight by

himself in his usual speech: "I spoke with Turkish President Erdogan. The key issue is security."

And in a message on his official Twitter account, the Ukrainian president added: "Current security issues were discussed."

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6:22

Scholz: "Putin will only abandon his war if he sees that he cannot win"

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has assured the UN that Russian President

"will only abandon his

and his imperialist ambitions if he sees that he cannot win", for which he urged support for Ukraine by all means.

"President

is waging a war with only one goal: to take over

. Self-determination and political independence do not count for him. There is only one word for this. This is imperialism plain and simple," Scholz said.

In his first speech before the United Nations General Assembly, the German leader stressed that "the return of imperialism is not only a disaster for Europe" but also for the entire peaceful global order.

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