President Zelensky calls for rejection, surrender of Russian reserve mobilization

Russia's Putin regime, which continues its military invasion of Ukraine, has decided to mobilize reserve forces and convene citizens, but protests against this have continued in various places, and the number of people detained is increasing.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called on Russian citizens to refuse to convene or surrender if mobilized, accusing it of "graveyard mobilization".

Russian President Vladimir Putin announced on the 21st that he would partially mobilize reserves as the Ukrainian army continued its reversal offensive in the east and south. , reports that 1 million people may be mobilized, significantly exceeding the scale of 300,000 indicated by the Ministry of Defense.

Under these circumstances, activities to protest the mobilization continued in various parts of Russia, and according to an announcement by a Russian human rights group, more than 2,000 participants have been detained by the authorities since the 21st.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky denounced in a video released on the 24th, ``The criminal mobilization declared by Russia is a ``grave mobilization,'' as Russian citizens have said.

In addition, he appealed in Russian, "It is better to surrender as a Ukrainian prisoner of war than to be shot and killed," and called on Russian citizens to refuse to be called up or surrender even if they are mobilized.

Russian Foreign Minister Possibility to proceed with annexation based on referendum results

On the other hand, Russia's Foreign Minister Lavrov said at a press conference after a speech at the United Nations General Assembly on the 24th, regarding the activities that pro-Russian forces are forcing a "referendum" in Russia-controlled areas in eastern and southern Ukraine. He said that he "respects the results of the vote," suggesting that Russia may unilaterally proceed with the annexation of the controlled areas based on the results of the vote.

On the 24th, Russia's state-run TASS news agency said that the annexation procedure could be carried out as early as the 30th, following a resolution by the Russian parliament after the end of the voting on the 27th of this month, quoting a parliamentary source. I'm telling you.