The offensive continues in southern Ukraine. Pro-Russian authorities accused kyiv forces of firing a missile on Sunday at a hotel in Kherson, a city under Russian occupation in southern Ukraine, killing two people, including a former deputy, a pro-Russian sympathizer. These claims could not immediately be independently verified. Follow our live.
New laws to facilitate mobilization and punish deserters. Vladimir Putin has signed amendments providing for up to 10 years in prison for soldiers who desert or refuse to fight. It also facilitated access to Russian nationality for foreigners who enlist at least one year in the army. At least 710 people were arrested in 32 cities, including nearly half in Moscow, during demonstrations to oppose the partial mobilization, according to the NGO OVD-Info.
Cheese fries “sends citizens to death” knowingly. “The Russian power understands perfectly well that it is sending its citizens to their death”Volodymyr Zelensky said in Russian, calling on Russian troops to surrender. “You will be treated in a civilized manner… No one will know the circumstances of your surrender”affirmed the Ukrainian president.
The head of Russian logistics sacked. Moscow also announced on Saturday that it had replaced its head of military logistics, a weak point in its offensive in Ukraine, launched seven months ago to the day. General Dmitry Bulgakov, Deputy Defense Minister, was transferred to a “other position” and replaced by Colonel General Mikhail Mizintsev.