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Russia-Ukraine war live updates Putin’s partial military mobilization condemned by U.S., Europe

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Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sept. 21 ordered a partial military mobilization, as Moscow's troops battle a Ukrainian counteroffensive. (Video: Reuters)
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Updated September 21, 2022 at 10:03 a.m. EDT|Published September 21, 2022 at 1:56 a.m. EDT

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s announcement of a “partial mobilization” of troops was condemned by United States and European officials as a dangerous escalation and a sign of weakness as the invasion in Ukraine falters. Putin, while drafting as many as 300,000 reservists, made a threatening reference to Russia’s nuclear arsenal: “With a threat to the territorial integrity of our country, to protect Russia and our people, we of course will use all the means at our disposal. This is not a bluff.”

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Ukraine has mounted a successful counteroffensive in the northeast, and Kremlin-backed officials are pressing ahead with staged referendums that could result in Moscow illegally annexing occupied parts of Ukraine — which would mark a major escalation in the conflict. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is set to address the U.N. General Assembly on Wednesday, after members voted to exempt him from a rule requiring in-person speeches at this year’s session.

Here’s what to know:

  • President Biden will deliver a “firm rebuke” to Russia in his own speech to world leaders in New York, the White House said. The European Union warned Russia that there will be consequences for the latest escalation, but stopped short of announcing new measures to target the Kremlin’s war effort.
  • The U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, Bridget Brink, said “sham referenda and mobilization are signs of weakness, of Russian failure” and that the country will “never recognize Russia’s claim to purportedly annexed Ukrainian territory.”
  • Putin framed the move to call up reservists as an attempt to defend Russian sovereignty against a West that seeks to use Ukraine as a tool to “divide and destroy Russia.”
  • The Ukrainian counteroffensive has forced a major Russian retreat in the northeastern Kharkiv region in recent days, as troops fled cities and villages they had occupied since the early days of the war and abandoned large amounts of military equipment. In his nightly address, Zelensky said the situation on the front line “clearly indicates that the initiative belongs to Ukraine.”
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