Ukraine, 9-25-22

First, links to reports from the Associated Press, Reuters, Tass, and the Moscow Times; others are accessible by clicking on their names below. Then, links to three articles that provide context for the escalating war; two came from Consortium News and one from Popular Resistance. — MCM

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Russia’s call-up splits EU; Ukraine says it shows weakness, by Jon Gambrell and Adam Schreck | AP  KYIV — Russia’s rush to mobilize hundreds of thousands of recruits to stanch stinging losses in Ukraine is a tacit acknowledgement that its “army is not able to fight,” Ukraine’s president said today, as splits sharpened in Europe over whether to welcome or turn away Russians fleeing the call-up. Speaking to U.S. broadcaster CBS, Ukrainian President Volodymyr . . . READ MORE . . . 

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Moscow pledges ‘full protection’ to any areas annexed by Russia. From Reuters.  * Third day of voting in referendums on joining Russia * Regions would have Russia’s ‘full protection’ – Lavrov * UK’s Truss says shouldn’t listen to Russian sabre-rattling * Two sides trade blame for rocket strikes, shelling | Russia has sought to defend its seven-month old war, with Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov telling the United Nations that regions of Ukraine where widely-criticised referendums are being held would get Russia’s “full protection” if annexed by Moscow. The votes in four . . . READ MORE . . .

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Ninety-three percent of ballots cast for joining Russia on Sept. 23 in Zaporozhye Region. From Tass. MELITOPOL — A total of 93% of those casting their ballots on the first day of the referendum on the Zaporozhye Region’s joining the Russian Federation supported joining Russia, according to the information following a poll released by the Crimean Republican Institute for Political and Sociological Research. “500 residents of the region were polled . . . READ MORE . . .

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Central Asia Drifts Out of Russia’s Orbit as Ukraine War Rages, by Nurbek Savitahunov | The Moscow Times BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan — Russia is losing influence over former Soviet nations in Central Asia as the war in Ukraine increasingly strains Moscow’s political, military and economic sway, analysts told The Moscow Times.“There is growing friction . . . READ MORE . . .

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Reaping the whirlwind, by Scott Ritter | Consortium News War is never a solution; there are always alternatives that could have — and should have — been pursued by those entrusted with the fate of global society before the order was given to send the youth of a nation to go off to fight and die. Any national leader worth his or her salt . . . READ MORE . . .

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Brainwashed for war with Russia, by Ray McGovern | Antiwar.com / Educate!  Thanks to Establishment media, the sorcerer apprentices advising President Joe Biden — I refer to Secretary of State Antony Blinken, national security adviser Jacob Sullivan, and China specialist Kurt Campbell — will have no trouble rallying Americans for the widest war in 77 years, starting in Ukraine, and maybe spreading to China. And, shockingly, under false pretenses. Most Americans are . . . READ MORE . . . 

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Exposed: Covert pro-Western info op, by Peter Cronau | Declassified Australia/ Consortium News A covert online propaganda operation said to be the world’s largest promoting “pro Western narratives” has been found to be operating primarily out of the United States, targeting Russia, China and Iran. “We believe this activity . . . READ MORE . . .