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Putin says Russia will consider nuclear weapons in case of ‘massive’ air attack
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that Russia would study the “possibility” of using nuclear weapons in the event of a “massive launch” of planes, missiles or drones against its territory, as kyiv tries to convince the West to authorize the use of long-range missiles in its conflict with Moscow.
“We will consider such a possibility if we receive reliable information about the mass launch of aerospace attack means and their crossing of our state border. I am referring to strategic and tactical aviation, cruise missiles, drones, hypersonic aircraft and other aviation devices,” he said at a meeting of the Russian Security Council.
Zelensky accuses Putin of planning attacks on Ukrainian nuclear power plants
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday accused his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin of planning attacks on Ukraine’s nuclear infrastructure and insisted that his country would “never” accept a peace deal with Moscow that was “imposed” on it by the major powers.
Dressed in his usual military attire, the Ukrainian head of state who has become a warlord since the Russian invasion of February 2022 spoke from the podium of the UN General Assembly to demand even more support from his Western allies.
After more than two and a half years of war, he accused President Putin of planning to bomb Ukraine’s civilian nuclear power plants, which would have catastrophic consequences.
“I have recently received further alarming information from our intelligence services. Putin now appears to be planning attacks on our nuclear facilities and their infrastructure,” Volodymyr Zelensky told representatives of the United Nations member states gathered for the 79th UN General Assembly in New York.
At least two dead and a dozen injured in a Russian strike in eastern Ukraine
A Russian bombing raid killed at least two people and injured a dozen others, including three children, on Wednesday in Kramatorsk, a large city in eastern Ukraine, the governor of the Donetsk region announced. The attack targeted the city center and damaged two high-rise residential buildings and shops, Vadim Filachkin said on Telegram.
“This afternoon, the Russians dropped three guided aerial bombs on the city,” he added, referring to these highly destructive weapons massively used by Moscow against Ukraine. “Two people were killed and at least 12 were injured,” he lamented.
Kramatorsk is located about twenty kilometers from the front line, in a region where Russian troops have been advancing in recent months.
Zelensky tells UN that Ukraine will ‘never accept’ imposed peace deal
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said at the United Nations on Wednesday that his country, which is at war with Russia, “will never accept” a peace agreement that would be “imposed” on it by the major powers.
Denouncing before the UN General Assembly in New York “colonial wars and the plots of the great powers to the detriment of small” countries, Volodymyr Zelensky hammered home that “the Ukrainians will never accept” a possible peace agreement with Moscow that is “imposed” on them.
Russia to Ban Adoption in Countries That Allow Gender Transition
Russian lawmakers on Wednesday voted in the first reading of a bill banning the adoption of Russian children by citizens of countries that allow gender transition, a new sign of Russia’s ultra-conservative direction.
President Vladimir Putin advocates a conservative line on social issues, seeing it as an extension of the fight against the West.
On Tuesday, MPs began examining a bill banning the “propaganda” of childless living, in the midst of a demographic crisis, amplified by the conflict in Ukraine.
The ban voted on Wednesday concerns citizens of countries that allow “sex change through medical intervention, including through the use of medication” and the modification of the gender indicated in “identity documents”, according to the legislation.
Russia claims capture of two new villages in Donetsk region
The Russian military said on Wednesday it had captured two new towns in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine, where its troops continued to advance against outnumbered and underpowered Ukrainian forces.
“Units of the Southern group have liberated the towns of Ostroye and Grigorovka” (Gostré and Grygorivka in Ukrainian), the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement.
“Forcing Russia to make peace would be an absolutely fatal mistake,” threatens the Kremlin
“The position of trying to force Russia to make peace is an absolutely fatal mistake,” Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov dismissed on Wednesday morning, while Volodymyr Zelensky called on the UN to support him the day before. He added: “It is impossible to force Russia to make peace.”
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Zelensky accuses Iran and North Korea of being “complicit” in the war in his country
“Russia has no legitimate reason – absolutely none – to make Iran and North Korea de facto accomplices in its criminal war in Europe, with their weapons that are killing us, that are killing Ukrainians,” the head of state said.
“Russia must be forced to make peace,” Zelensky tells the UN
The Ukrainian president made his case Tuesday before the UN Security Council in New York. “Russia can only be forced into peace, and that is exactly what must be done: to force Russia into peace,” he said.
While the UN General Assembly is focused on the Middle East, Volodymyr Zelensky wants to keep international attention on the fate of his country, which has been ravaged by war for two and a half years.
This Wednesday, Ukraine will once again be at the heart of debates at the UN. Follow with us the latest news from this Wednesday, September 25, on this 945th day of conflict.
Source: www.20minutes.fr
