BREAKING: In a televised address, Vladimir Putin ordered a partial mobilization of reservists and warned the West that he isn't bluffing over using all the means at his disposal to protect Russia's territory.
isn't going according to plan after nearly seven months of fighting and amid recent battlefield losses for the Kremlin's forces.
"He and his defense minister have sent tens of thousands of their own citizens to their deaths, ill-equipped and badly led," Wallace said in a statement."No amount of threats and propaganda can hide the fact that Ukraine is winning this war, the international community are united and Russia is becoming a global pariah."
In his address, Putin accused the West in engaging in"nuclear blackmail" and noted"statements of some high-ranking representatives of the leading NATO states about the possibility of using nuclear weapons of mass destruction against Russia.
Foreign leaders have described the ballots as illegitimate and nonbinding. Zelenskyy said they were a"sham" and"noise" to distract public attention.
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