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ground forces struggle in eastern and southern Ukraine. Ukraine hasn’t officially claimed responsibility for the blast on the multibillion-dollar bridge that Putin himself opened in 2018. The head of Ukraine’s National Security and defence Council posted a video of the bridge on social media alongside a video of Marilyn Monroe singing “Happy birthday, Mr. President.”
More Russians flee the country than join Putin’s army. Far more Russians have fled abroad than have reported to the military since Putin announced a mobilisation to bolster his faltering invasion of Ukraine. defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said more than 200,000 people had been conscripted into the army since Putin’s September 21 order for a partial mobilisation. However, in the last week, more than 200,000 Russians have escaped to neighboring Kazakhstan alone, according to the central Asian country’s interior minister. Georgian authorities said almost 69,000 Russians had arrived from across the border, while nearly the same amount crossed into the EU. In total, about 400,000 Russian citizens have left the country in the last two weeks.
Russian state-controlled media: Putin signs decree on routine autumn conscription. Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on Sept. 30
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