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is preparing new prisoner exchanges with Russia, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced tonight.

"Work is being done on the next exchanges. Difficult as it may be, we must free all our people, all Ukrainians. We are not forgetting anyone," he said when the

is already more than six months old.

The Ukrainian leader has assured, in his usual nightly speech, that these exchanges are not easy, as they require the efforts "of many people" and also depend on the situation on the front.

For this reason, he has stressed that he wants to

"The more Russian soldiers are detained by the Ukrainian forces, the faster we can free our warriors, our heroes from Russian captivity," she said.

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11:45

Putin says Europe must treat Russia 'with respect'

Russian President Vladimir Putin has assured today that the West must treat Russia "with respect", when meeting with his Belarusian counterpart, Alexandr Lukashenko, in Sochi.

At the beginning of the meeting, which had not been previously announced, Lukashenko stressed that the future of Europe is together with Russia and Belarus.

"Next to Russia, where there is everything they need. And they (European countries) have what we can buy from them: technologies and other things. What else do they need?" He asked, according to images broadcast on television.

To the words of his interlocutor, Putin replied: "Treat us with respect."

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11:30

The head of a Russian region promises to return home 120 reservists "mobilized by mistake"

The leader of the Russian republic of Yakutia, Aysén Nikolayev, has promised to return home more than 120 reservists "mobilized by mistake", during a meeting with their families.

"It is a difficult time for all of us, but the families of the military who are in the zone of the special military operation" of Russia in Ukraine require special attention, he adds.

Likewise, he promises to provide all the necessary help to these families.

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11:01

What's Behind Ukraine's Fast-Track Strategy

Ukraine has recovered more than

of territory in the east of the country - more or less, the sum of the area of ​​Vizcaya and Tarragona - so far this month.

It is a radical change in warfare.

Until now, kyiv had been able to launch counterattacks.

But never a counteroffensive.

And its meaning is more than symbolic.

In response to this progression on the battlefield,

has threatened to use atomic bombs against his southern neighbor and has ordered the mobilization of 300,000 Russian civilians.

Putin's excuse is that the offensive is not Ukrainian, but NATO.

In his speech announcing the mobilization, the Russian dictator spoke of "foreign mercenaries", said that the Ukrainian troops "take orders from Western military advisers", and tried to justify their escalation by saying that Russia is fighting "against the entire military machine of the West". .

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10:38

The OECD warns that the world will pay the "price of war" in 2023

The

has lowered its global growth forecast for next year, as the effects of the war in Ukraine are more lasting than expected, and Europe is the one that pays the most.

"Global growth prospects have darkened," the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development wrote in a report released Monday, titled "Paying the Price of War."

The lack of a truce in the eighth month of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, symbolized by the recent mobilization of reservists by Moscow, makes the international organization pessimistic about the near future of the economy.

After a difficult year in 2022 for households and companies, especially due to the subsequent rise in inflation, "global growth should continue to weaken in 2023", according to the Paris-based institution.

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10:00

100 people arrested in Dagestan during a protest

on Sunday

during a protest against the military mobilization in Russia's

region , which has already paid a heavy price since the start of the offensive in Ukraine.

According to the NGO OVD-Info, which specializes in monitoring opposition actions, at least 101 people were detained by the police in Makhachkala, the capital of Dagestan, in southwestern Russia.

Russian media published videos showing women arguing with police officers at the protest.

"Why are they taking our children?" one woman asked.

Other videos showed protesters being brutally detained by police.

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09:45

A businessman close to the Kremlin admits that he founded Wagner's mercenary group

A businessman close to the Kremlin, Yevgeny Prigozhin, acknowledged on Monday that he founded the Wagner mercenary group in 2014 to fight in the war in Ukraine, and admits his presence in African and Latin American countries.

In a social media post from his company, Concord, Prigozhin says he founded the group to send competent fighters to the Ukrainian Donbas in 2014. "It is at that moment, on May 1, 2014, that a group of patriots was born who took the name of Wagner Battalion Tactical Group".

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09:27

Living and dying in Donbas

Maxim Filipiev did not even have time to answer the journalist's almost rhetorical question.

"Why are you leaving town now?"

The answer came in the form of a shuddering whistle that forced the entire group to duck.

The projectile exploded a few dozen meters behind one of the buildings near the town hall.

"You can see it. You can't live here.

he said as he crouched next to the wall.

It was just before noon, and the twenty Bakhmut residents waiting for Sergii Ivanov's van had been watching the crazy duel between the two artillery for a long time.

Read the complete information from Javier Espinosa in EL MUNDO.

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09:08

Japan imposes new sanctions on Russia linked to the chemical weapons sector

Japan has announced the imposition of new sanctions on Russia for the

with which it will ban Russian exports or organizations linked to the army and goods related to the chemical weapons sector.

The Japanese government has approved additional sanctions against Moscow at the Cabinet meeting on Monday, government spokesman Hirokazu Matsuno announced at a press conference, which are added to the existing restrictions on exports of chips or imports of goods. Russians like precious metals or vodka.

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09:06

The Russian Orthodox Church maintains that sacrificing one's life in the war against Ukraine "washes away sins"

The highest representative of the Orthodox Church in

, Patriarch Kirill, has argued in a sermon this Sunday that the sacrifice "in the line of military duty" in the war against Ukraine "washes away all sins."

"We know that today many people are dying in the fields of war. The Church prays that this fight ends as soon as possible, so that as few brothers as possible kill each other in this fratricidal war," Kirill began by exposing, according to has collected the Russian medium Meduza.

"At the same time, the Church is aware that if someone, moved by a sense of duty, by the need to fulfill an oath, remains faithful to his vocation and dies in the line of military duty, then he undoubtedly commits an act that it is equivalent to a sacrifice", assured the patriarch.

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08:41

A young man opens fire on the head of a Russian recruitment center: "Now we're going home!"

A man has opened fire this morning at the military enlistment office in

.

The military commissar has been seriously injured.

The shooter has already been arrested.

It all happened while the commissar was instructing the recruits.

Among them was

, a 25-year-old local resident.

According to eyewitnesses, before he started shooting, Zinin said,

. "

The first bullet hit the commissar, after which Zinin told the others to run and fired a second time.

According to investigation data, the attacker had to be recruited today.

Read the complete information about Xavier Colás in EL MUNDO.

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07:40

The White House warns of "catastrophic" consequences if Moscow uses a nuclear weapon

The consequences would be "catastrophic" if Russian President Vladimir Putin makes good on his threat to use nuclear weapons in the

, a senior White House adviser warned on Sunday.

The United States hopes to make Russia understand "what the consequences would be if it went down the dark path of using a nuclear weapon, and they would be catastrophic," said Jake Sullivan, National Security Advisor to President Joe Biden, on NBC.

"We have the ability to speak directly at a high level (with the Russians), to tell them clearly what our message is and to listen to their message," he said.

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07:28

Ukraine prepares new prisoner exchanges

Ukraine

is preparing new prisoner exchanges with Russia, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced tonight.

"The next exchanges are being worked on. Difficult as it may be, we must free all our people, all Ukrainians. We are not forgetting anyone," he said.

The Ukrainian leader has assured, in his usual nightly speech, that these exchanges are not easy, as they require the efforts "of many people" and also depend on the situation on the front.

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