#BREAKING More than 200 people have been arrested at demonstrations across Russia following President Vladimir Putin's announcement of a partial mobilisation of civilians to fight in Ukraine, a police monitoring group said pic.twitter.com/9iOPVzzVhQ
— AFP News Agency (@AFP) September 21, 2022
Protesters have been detained by armed officers in the Russian city of Yekaterinburg after activists gathered to oppose Vladimir Putin’s declaration of a partial mobilisation. The Russian President declared 300,000 reserve soldiers would be mobilised to continue the invasion of Ukraine. The announcement marked a pivotal moment in the conflict as the Kremlin has been reluctant to mobilise forces, prefering to maintain the narrative of the “special military operation” in Ukraine being a limited military exercise to bring the country under Moscow’s control. …
OVD-Info, an independent Russian human rights monitor, confirmed there had been a number of arrests across the country following opposition to the mobilisation decree.
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