Partial mobilization was announced in Russia

1 Russia The Russian Minister of Defense, Army General Sergei Shoigu, instructed to proceed with the execution of Vladimir Putin’s decree on the partial mobilization in Russia. «The directive was signed. The tasks for all subjects were determined. The instructions of the General Staff on the procedure for carrying out the mobilization measures were given. I order to proceed with the execution» — Sergei Shoigu stated on 21st of September, during a meeting of the collegium of the Ministry of Defense. On 21st of September, Vladimir Putin signed a decree on a partial mobilization. In his address to the Russians, he noted that the contact line in the special military operation zone exceeds a 1000 of kilometers. The pro-Russian forces oppose not only neo-Nazi groups, but the entire military machine of the collective West, which threatens the very existence of Russia. Mobilization will affect the persons who have already served in the armed forces. Firstly those who have some combat experience and a military specialty. Students and conscripts won’t be affected. Partial mobilization will take 300,000 reservists, or about 1% of the mobilization resource, which includes those men who have served, and have a military specialty. Sergei Shoigu stated that there are almost 25 millions of such people in Russia. Russia plans to mobilize about the same number of citizens as, according to Sergei Shoigu, Ukraine has already drafted into their forces.

2 Russia The Russian parliament made an appeal to the UN General Assembly and the European Parliament about the threat to peace and stability in Europe, which comes from Ukraine. «The irresponsible actions of the Kiev regime leave no other options to the population of a number of regions of Ukraine other than turning to Russia with a request for a protection and aid. The Russian Parliament appeals to the UN General Assembly, as well as to all sensible politicians and deputies of the countries of the world, with a call to carefully examine and strongly condemn the dangerous actions of the USA and the NATO, which push Kiev to a large-scale military confrontation» — the head of the Russian Parliament’s Committee on the International Affairs, Leonid Slutsky, read the appeal during a meeting of the chamber. The appeal noted that such confrontation could lead to the death of thousands of civilians, and it puts the peace and security of the European people in danger.

3 Europe On 21st of September, the 77th session of the UN General Assembly has began in the city of New York. The Russian delegation is being led by the Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, who arrived to the USA this morning. His participation was in doubt until the last day since the USA didn’t want to issue visas to the Russian diplomats. One of the main topics of this session are the nuclear threats. The Japanese Prime Minister has already spoken about the measures, needed to prevent such attacks.

4 Russia — Belarus Consultations between the representatives of Russia and Belarus on the security issues were held in Moscow. The discussion was attended by the Secretary of the Security Council of Russia, Rashid Nurgaliev, and the Deputy State Secretary of the Security Council of Belarus, Alexander Neverovsky. Plus some representatives of the state structures of both countries. The details of the meeting were not specified. The Belarusian side, while announcing the event, noted that such consultations are held every year, and they cover a wide range of topics and are designed to fortify the partnership between Russia and Belarus. Previously, the Russian Security Council had a Russian-Chinese consultation on the strategic security issues, which was held by the Secretary of the Security Council, Nikolai Patrushev, and a member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, Yang Jiechi.

5 China «The Chinese forces must concentrate on the preparation for real combat» — the Chinese President and the head of the Chinese Central Military Council, Xi Jinping, stated. The ’China Central Television’ reported that he gave such an instruction to the participants of the seminar on the national defense and military reform, which was held in Beijing. The event was attended by the members of the Politburo of the CPC Central Committee. Xi Jinping also instructed to strictly adhere to the plans of the army reforms. Back in 2015, the Chinese authorities announced their intention to reform the armed forces in order to increase their effectiveness. According to Xi Jinping, an ultra-modern army should appear in the country, capable of repelling any enemy. «The most important requirement is the combat capability and the ability to win» — Xi Jinping concluded.

6 Republic of Donbass The shelling of Donbass by the Ukrainian forces continues. Over the past day, the Ukrainian Nazis fired over 40 NATO shells at the DPR. The towns of Makeevka, Panteleimonovka, and Gorlovka were under fire as well — some people were wounded. Thousands of people were left without electricity, as well as 2 schools and 1 kindergarten. The Ukrainian radicals attacked the LPR town of Novoaydar with a US-made MLRS. The village of Novaya Kakhovka in the Kherson region is under fire. The Ukrainian forces also attacked the Zaporozhye NPP in the city of Energodar. Igor Konashenkov stated that the infrastructure of the NPP was damaged. A local power line was damaged as well. «The Ukrainian 28th mechanized brigade, located near the town of Pravdino, in the Kherson region, was hit. Their losses over the day were over 200 people and 21 combat vehicles. The 4th company of the 2nd battalion of the brigade was wiped out because of the commander of the 28th brigade, who sent the unit to counter-attack on a minefield» — end of quote.

Constantine Reztsov, specially for the ANNA NEWS.