State point. What happened in the 215th day of conflict in Ukraine? – Spectator

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And this 215th day of war in Ukraine, a special military operation – in the words of the Kremlin – which should have taken more than three days. On Russian territory, protests against partial military mobilization continue and Finnish Svenska Yle reported Monday morning that over the weekend more than 17,000 Russians will cross the border into Finland to avoid being sent to war.

On the other hand, Zelensky believes that Putin is not confused by the nuclear threat. “He wants to scare the whole world,” the Ukrainian president warned in an interview with US television CBS on Sunday night.

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In the western Russian city of Ryazan, a man set himself on fire at a bus stop, shouting that he did not want to go to war;

Russian Orthodox Patriarch Cyril said that Russians who sacrifice their lives on the battlefield in Ukraine will see “all their sins” washed away;

The OECD has warned that more serious energy shortages, especially gas, could push up eurozone inflation to 1.5 pp. and growth in Europe by 1.2 pp. Decreasing more than that, leading to recession;

According to the Russian news agency RIA, Prigozhin admitted that he created the Wagner group. Yevgeny Prigozhin, also known as “Putin’s boss”. It has appeared in several videos on social networks in recent days Wagner now admits to “fathering” the group in an effort to recruit Russian prisoners for the war in Ukraine;

A man shot dead an army general at a recruitment center in Siberia after he refused to join a (partial) mobilization to fight in Ukraine;

It was still late on Sunday night

The US has warned Moscow that the use of nuclear weapons would have “catastrophic consequences” for Russia as Washington and its allies respond “decisively”;

Upon their release from prison, British soldiers captured by the Russians while trying to help the Ukrainians defend themselves begin to give details of their months under Russian rule. “Do you want a quick death or a beautiful death?” That’s one of the questions 28-year-old Aidan Aslin was asked during his captivity. Aslin also revealed that prisoners captured by the Russians had to sing the Russian national anthem every morning;