Sep. 22 () –
The president of Ukraine, Volodimir Zelenski, has appealed this Thursday to the Russian citizens to protest against the military mobilization announced by the president, Vladimir Putin, or to, otherwise, surrender to “Ukrainian captivity”.
“Even if they were not massive, they (the protests) were. And there are. This is an indicator. Not only in Moscow and St. Petersburg. We know the mood in the Russian regions. We see that people in Dagestan, in Buryatia , in other national republics and regions of Russia, they understand that they have simply been dragged to death,” he said.
More than 1,300 people have been arrested in 38 cities in Russia, according to the count prepared by the OVD organization, which advocates for civil rights in Russia, for participating in the protests after the Prosecutor’s Office warned potential attendees of these marches of that they could be committing a crime.
In this sense, Zelensky has stressed that the choice for many Russians is to die, live, be crippled or remain healthy. “For women in Russia, the choice is to lose their husbands, children, grandchildren forever or try to protect them from death, from war, from one person (Putin),” she added.
The Ukrainian president has warned that Russia will recruit not only the military that are in reserve, but “any man”. This decision by the Russian president reflects, according to Zelensky, the failure of the Russian Army.
“The Russian decision to mobilize is a frank admission that its regular army, which had been trained for decades, has not been able to withstand it and has fallen apart,” the Ukrainian leader said in a late afternoon speech.
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