The library also subscribes to a selection of US and international print newspapers Speaking to reporters at the Ukrainian Embassy in Washington, DC, Markarova urged the international community to form an "anti-Putin coalition" and called on the West to immediately implement more severe sanctions against Russia In the statement, Biden said he briefed Zelenskyy on the steps his administration is taking to "rally international condemnation" against Russia CNN earlier reported that the United States had briefed congressional leaders about their concerns that Mr Prigozhin was preparing to challenge Russia’s military leadership The officials also pledged to provide military assistance for the people of Ukraine to defend themselves, as well as economic, financial and political support and humanitarian aid He added that he has asked world leaders to impose sanctions against Putin and for military support against Russia The legislators added that they are "committed to enacting the strongest possible sanctions and export controls" to punish Russia for its actions Our actions do not hinder the armed forces in any way,” the Wagner chief said, adding that the “majority of soldiers” were on his side “These are Wagner guys who died today; the blood is still fresh,” Mr Prigozhin said, addressing Russia’s defense minister, Sergei K Shoigu, and the commander of the armed forces, Valery V Gerasimov Biden continued, adding that the US Canada is arranging safe passage for its citizens and permanent residents in Ukraine at the land borders with Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, and Moldova, Trudeau said on Thursday, adding that his government is also prioritizing immigration applications for Ukrainians
 
 Moldova, which is not a part of NATO, is ready to accept the thousands of people feeling from Ukraine, said President Maia Sandu“We will help people who need our help and support,” she said on Thursday With Mr Putin’s regular forces bogged down in what a Russian general once predicted would be a “walk in the park” invasion, the president last year turned for help to a longtime political ally, Yevgeny V Prigozhin, head of a notoriously brutal private army called Wagner In eastern Ukraine, residents saw the rebellion as a distraction for Russia that could help Kyiv’s forces On June 23, Mr Putin mobilized Russian troops to defend Moscow from what he called an armed rebellion by Mr Prigozhin, whose forces had claimed control of Rostov-on-Don and were seen moving north along a highway toward the Russian capital Yevgeny V Prigozhin, the mercenary leader who led an armed rebellion in Russia on Saturday, was never afraid of a dirty task, many say The announcement capped one of the most tumultuous days in President Vladimir V  https//ctxtio/2/AADQ3k8_FQ  Putin’s more than 23-year rule in Russia and followed an apparent intervention by the leader of neighboring Belarus, who stepped in to negotiate a solution to the crisis directly with the head of the Wagner private military company, Yevgeny V Prigozhin, who was leading the revolt And yet on Saturday, after more than 20 years profiting from his personal ties to Mr Putin, Mr Prigozhin cast the last shreds of that loyalty aside and plunged Russia into its biggest political crisis in three decades, as his forces seized control of key military facilities in the southwestern city of Rostov-on-Don and threatened to enter Moscow
 
 And most experts believe that no personal wealth can maintain a large military force capable of challenging a regular army for long, especially without access to the state-controlled financial system Shortly after taking power, Mr Putin used brute force to crush the “oligarch” business tycoons who held immense sway over President Boris N Yeltsin in the 1990s He then allowed competition among rival groups to fester, even fostering security agencies with overlapping responsibilities; for instance, an Investigative Committee, a Prosecutor General and a Federal Security Service are all involved in investigating crimes On Saturday, he led a force he claimed to number 25,000 out of Ukraine and into Russia, where he seized the city of Rostov-on-Don, a military hub, with virtually no resistance But tensions reached a head in June when he led a short-lived mutiny against Russia’s top military leadership - throwing the future of Mr Prigozhin and his fighters into question As the news of the deal was announced, analysts expressed surprise and shock that tensions had seemingly eased, despite Mr Prigozhin’s seizure of a strategically important command center for Russia’s southern military district in Rostov-on-Don, downed three Russian military aircraft and killed 12 of the personnel manning them In Moscow, and in two other regions between the capital and Rostov-on-Don, the authorities announced a “counterterrorist operation regime,” expanding the powers of the local law enforcement Six Ukrainian pilots were reportedly killed when two military helicopters crashed in the eastern Donetsk region Eastern UkraineA wounded Ukrainian soldier boards a mobile hospital
 
 Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov has called on "anyone who is ready and able to hold a weapon" to join the country's defense forces after Russian President Vladimir Putin launched a military operation targeting eastern Ukraine Chernobyl is less than 10 miles from Ukraine's border with Belarus, a Russian ally where Moscow has been massing troops in preparation for its attack on Ukraine  https//anotepadcom/notes/kib5dxqj  Why would Russia want to take Chernobyl It’s an unfortunate situation - and it’s also why so many newspapers are going digital The official disclosed the information as part of an operational update on the situation in Ukraine Elsewhere, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called the attack "egregious" and the prime ministers of Australia and Japan voiced their disapproval Putin's attack on Ukraine is an attack on the principles of democracy around the world, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said in a speech reiterating his country's commitment to sanctioning Moscow Thursday that they are committed to issuing severe economic sanctions following Putin's decision to attack Ukraine Biden and the G7 leaders are meeting to discuss their joint response to Putin's attack on Ukraine President Putin has chosen a path of bloodshed and destruction by launching this unprovoked attack on Ukraine “If Russia launched 100 pieces, 1,000 pieces of malware in an attack against NATO or Ukraine, that might bleed into NATO nations, we are in totally unpredictable territory,” he said More than 100 Russian missiles - including short range ballistic missiles, medium range ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, surface to air missiles and sea missiles launched from the Black Sea - were fired in the initial salvo, the official said
 
 In a post to its Telegram channel, the ministry said Russian military personnel had entered through the Vilcha checkpoint, which is less than 100 miles north of the capital Russia forced all volunteers for its forces to sign contracts with the Ministry of Defense Russia, and expressed support for the country's removal from the SWIFT banking system Battles are unfolding across Ukraine, the country's armed forces said Thursday, with fighting ongoing in both the Kharkiv and Kherson regions Ukrainian drones struck targets in at least six regions deep within Russia on Wednesday, in one of the largest-scale attacks on Russia in months Drones hit an airport in the western Pskov region, and the regions of Moscow, Oryol, Bryansk, Ryazan and Kaluga Russian officials said air defenses shot down two drones in and around Rostov-on-Don, home to Russia’s southern military headquarters The figure includes at least 1,000 drones with a range of more than 1,000 km 600 miles, he said The surveillance footage, from the Senkivka border checkpoint about 140 miles north of Kyiv, showed a procession of tanks entering Ukraine Earlier in the month, Mr Prigozhin dismissed a report from The Washington Post saying that leaked intelligence showed he had offered to share Russian Army positions with Ukraine
 
 Intelligence reports released as part of the Discord leaks also showed that the United States had intercepted communications between senior Russian military leaders debating how to handle Mr Prigozhin’s constant demands for more ammunition Mr Prigozhin’s critique went beyond an argument over needed supplies Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, has decried corrupt medical exemptions that have enabled people to avoid military service, saying the system was subject to bribes and mass departures abroad Former TV journalist Yekaterina Duntsova put her name forward to stand in a Russian presidential election in March that Vladimir Putin is expected to win by a landslide “We’re counting a lot on sanctions, and the ones the Biden administration have put together are really pretty tough,” said Daniel Fried, a longtime diplomat and former ambassador to Poland who helped lead the West’s 2014 response to Moscow’s aggression against Ukraine as the State Department coordinator for sanctions policy “One of the things that I'm gravely concerned about is if Russia unleashes its full cyber power against Ukraine; once you put malware into the wild in a sense, it knows no geographic boundary According to several Telegram channels linked to security services, emergency protocols were earlier implemented in the city, involving the full mobilisation of the local security services Read the full story here Facebook and Twitter read on Thursday Air raid sirens wailed across Ukraine's capital Kyiv Thursday as explosions boomed and flashed in cities across the country minutes after Russian President Vladimir Putin authorized a military action against its western neighbor A popular drone unit commander known by the code name Madyar posted video of himself taking in the news, with loads of popcornS Former NATO Supreme Allied Commander Admiral James Stavridis said in an interview on NBC's "TODAY" Thursday that he thinks Russia is going to try to capture Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy According to a 2021 NATO communique, the organization said it would determine “on a case-by-case basis” whether Article 5 could be triggered by a cyberattack
 
 Warner, in interviews with Axios Wednesday night and CBS News Thursday morning, suggested that Russia’s cyberattacks inside Ukraine could quickly spiral out of control, damaging digital assets outside the country as they spread, including those inside NATO member states, which could trigger NATO’s collective defense principle “He sees his future at risk, and he is scrambling to present a place for himself after Bakhmut within the larger war,” said Jack Margolin, a Washington-based expert on Russia’s private military companies His fight with the ministry of defense, officials said earlier this year, was real, not political theater, fueled by the huge casualties Russia had suffered in Bakhmut Rubio also predicted how Russia would strike air defense systems and look to get between the city of Kyiv and Ukraine's military forces in the eastern part of the country Shortly before midnight, a White House official told NBC News that Biden had been briefed via secure call by Secretary of State Blinken, Defense Secretary Austin, Joint Chiefs Chairman Milley and Sullivan Wagner fighters stream out of Rostov, the southern Russian military hub they seized overnight All human beings have the capability of doing what they want, what they’re attracted to Nevertheless, the Russian economy is already feeling the effects of war, and the sanctions could over time further cause the Russian stock market to falter, deflate the value of the ruble - which hit an all-time low Thursday - and make doing business in Russia increasingly difficult