According to reports, Russian police detained hundreds of demonstrators who were protesting the Kremlin’s decision to mobilise thousands more soldiers to fight in Ukraine.
Over a thousand, according to the Russian human rights organisation OVD-Info. In St. Petersburg and Moscow, the most people were arrested.
Numerous events were held in Yekaterinburg, Irkutsk, and other Siberian cities.
Following Vladimir Putin’s statement, flights out of Russia quickly sold out.
The president of Russia has authorised a partial mobilisation, meaning that 300,000 military reservists—but not conscripts—will be called up to support Russian forces that have just suffered defeats in war in Ukraine.
The action was taken a day after regions of the occupied Ukraine declared impending referendums on joining Russia.
And Mr. Putin emphasised that he would use “all available means” to safeguard Russian territory in words that were denounced by Ukraine and its allies, hinting that this could encompass nuclear weapons Additionally, Mr. Putin emphasised that he would use “all available means” to safeguard Russian territory in words that were denounced by Ukraine and its allies; this implied that nuclear weapons might be used.
