News about the Russia-Ukraine war: That happened on Thursday night (September 22nd)

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Selenskyj at the video appearance in front of the UN

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That says Kyiv

Ukrainian President

has asked the

to

for the war of aggression against his country.

"A crime was committed against Ukraine and we demand punishment," said Zelenskyy in a video message to the UN General Assembly in New York on Wednesday (local time).

Russia must be punished for the killing, torture, humiliation and disastrous turmoil it has thrown Ukraine into.

In addition to the establishment of a

, Zelenskyj demanded, among other things, a

fund for Ukraine and the

of

After his speech, most of the representatives of the 193 member states in the hall of the UN headquarters stood up and

for almost a

- this rarely happens in the General Assembly.

Meanwhile, the representatives of Russia remained seated.

In view of the situation at the

Ukrainian

, Zelenskyi urgently warned of an international

.

The Russian approach there "makes you all a target," according to Zelenskyy.

"Russian radiation blackmail is something that should concern every single one of you," because no one will have a vaccine against radiation sickness, he added.

The

confident

of victory despite the

of up to 300,000 reservists

announced by

.

The announcement from Moscow only proves the strength of Ukraine, he wrote on Facebook on Wednesday.

"Hundreds of thousands of men and women are protecting their homeland, their homes, their children and the future of Ukraine." Moscow's actions will not change that.

"We will destroy anyone who comes to our country with weapons - whether voluntarily or through mobilization," Zalushnyj threatened.

According to the General Staff in Kiev, the

on Wednesday

, including at Kupyansk in the Kharkiv region.

So far, the supplies for the Russian troops in the Donbass have run via the railway junction.

In their counter-offensive in early September, the Ukrainians largely took control of Kupyansk.

The General Staff reported Russian tank and artillery shelling on many sectors of the front.

Civilian infrastructure was shot at in more than 30 towns.

The military information was initially not independently verifiable.

This is currently happening in Russia

According to activists, more than

nationwide during

against

in

.

Arrests were made during spontaneous protests in at least 38 cities on Wednesday, said the organization OVD-Info, which documents arrests in Russia.

These are the largest protests in Russia since the demonstrations that took place at the end of February after the start of the Russian military operation in Ukraine.

SPIEGEL correspondent Christina Hebel reports that the security authorities were hunting down individuals on Arbat, a central street in Moscow.

Many women came.

(You'll find more about it here.)

North Korea says

it will

or ammunition

.

This is reported by the North Korean state news agency KCNA.

"We have never exported arms or ammunition to Russia and will not do so," KCNA quoted a senior official at North Korea's defense ministry as saying on Thursday.

The United States and other hostile forces have accused North Korea of ​​violating a UN Security Council resolution and have started rumors of arms deals between the People's Republic of North Korea and Russia.

US State Department deputy spokesman Vedant Patel said earlier this month that Russia was in the process of buying millions of missiles and artillery shells from North Korea for use in Ukraine.

International Reactions to Russia's Partial Mobilization

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken

took the

as a

of

.

The move reflects the Kremlin's difficulties on the battlefield, Blinken said in a written statement on Wednesday evening (local time).

It shows how

the war in Russia is and how unwilling the Russians are to fight in it.

"President

is not acting from a position of strength," Blinken emphasized, looking at the head of the Kremlin: "Rather, this is another sign of his failed mission."

Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier

sees the partial Russian

as a worrying sign of a

of the war in Ukraine.

"All of this strongly suggests that the last resort is being used to further escalate the situation - not a good sign for the further course of this war," said Steinmeier on Wednesday during a state visit to Mexico.

Steinmeier emphasized that

is apparently

more victims among its own young people.

"And anyone who has read President Putin's speech cannot help but feel it as cynical." He is building the West into a giant monster in which Nazis are said to be threatening Russia and its territorial integrity.

"All this to justify that a partial mobilization should now take place among young people in Russia."

Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock

has accused

on the

and

in view of his recent escalation in the Ukraine war

.

Putin is not only waging his war with tanks, energy and food, said the Green politician on Wednesday on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly.

Baerbock continued: "Now the Russian President is also waging his

using the

."

According to the German Reservists Association,

the

of 300,000 reservists could

than strengthen

"Sending such poorly prepared soldiers into a war is inhuman and will be a military disaster for Russia," said the president of the reservists' association, Patrick Sensburg, to the newspapers of the editorial network Germany.

Reservists also need to be well trained and prepared.

NATO Secretary General

has

accused the

Russian

of being careless in the face of new nuclear threats .

Putin himself knows that a

should never be fought and cannot be won, Stoltenberg told the ZDF "heute journal" from New York on Wednesday.

A nuclear conflict is dangerous for Russia and for the rest of the world.

It is not the first time that Putin has used "nuclear rhetoric".

But that doesn't change the West's duty to remain calm.

The head of the defense alliance emphasized: "NATO does not want a confrontation with Russia." The alliance is not part of the conflict.

humanitarian situation

According to a senior

,

and

.

Among them are officers of the Azov regiment who were captured during the siege of Mariupol.

In return, Ukraine handed over the head of a banned pro-Russian party, Viktor Medvedschuk, and 55 other prisoners to Russia.

what is happening today

• On the sidelines of the

  77th general debate

  of the

  UN

  General Assembly

  in New York on Thursday (from 4 p.m. German time) the

  UN

  Security Council

  is to deal with the Russian war of aggression in Ukraine.

  The foreign ministers of Russia, Ukraine and Germany, Sergei Lavrov, Dmytro Kuleba and Annalena Baerbock, among others, are expected to attend the meeting.

  Baerbock will also participate in side events on law enforcement during Russia's war of aggression in Ukraine, UN Security Council reform, feminist foreign policy, and meet with Pacific partners and her Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi.

• In its

  plenary session

  on Thursday (from 9 a.m.), the Bundestag will discuss the inflation compensation law planned by the government for

  the

  first

  time

  .

  This provides for cuts in income tax to compensate for the so-called cold progression.

  In addition, value added tax on gas is to be reduced from 19 to seven percent from this October to the end of March 2024 to compensate for the additional burdens caused by the planned gas levy.

  In an application, the Union calls for greater

  support

  for

  Ukraine

  , including the

  delivery of battle tanks and armored personnel carriers.

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