799 protesters are detained in Russia after arrests in protests against the mobilization announced by Putin , according to the latest data from the independent media project on human rights Ovd-Info, and as the 251st day of the war opens in Ukraine . In total, since the beginning of the protests, 2,000 demonstrators have been arrested by the Russians , most of them released.

Meanwhile, the Russian security services of the FSB let it be known that 261 thousand enlisted men fled the country between Wednesday and Saturday, since the announcement of the mobilization.

Violent clashes with police are ongoing in the Russian region of Dagestan , where protesters took to the streets. Numerous videos broadcast on social media show protesters confronting police and other security officials in the regional capital Makhachkala.

Independent Russian human rights observer Ovd-Info reported that officers used stun guns and batons on the crowd , with more than 100 people arrested.

And while Russia's two senior lawmakers have expressed concern over the way the mobilization campaign is unfolding in the country, Patriarch Kirill announced that soldiers who die in Ukraine will be "washed away from all sins" .

Meanwhile, Western countries are developing plans in the event that Russia uses nuclear weapons in Ukraine, with the most likely response currently appearing to use conventional rather than nuclear weapons , according to the Financial Times.

Two sources told the City newspaper that a nuclear attack on Ukraine is unlikely to provoke a specular response from the West but assured that it will be followed by retaliatory measures using conventional weapons to "punish Russia".

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Zelensky: "Serious situation in Donetsk"

"The situation is particularly serious in the Donetsk region. We are doing everything to curb enemy activity" as "Donbass is still the number one target for the occupiers". President Zelensky said this in his usual evening message reported by UNIAN.

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"261 thousand enlisted people who fled Russia"

According to the FSB, the Russian security services, 261,000 men of call-to-arms age would have left Russia between Wednesday and Saturday, after the announcement of partial mobilization. This was reported in a tweet from Meduza, citing Novaya Gazeta Europe. An exodus that - writes the Russian media - would be at the basis of the discussion within the presidential administration on the closure of the borders to men of enlisted age.

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EU: Serbia-Russia political agreement causes concern

Serbia's decision to sign an agreement with Russia for mutual "consultations" on foreign policy issues raises "serious questions" from the European Commission. A spokesperson said at the daily briefing. "It is clear that such an agreement means wanting to forge relations with Russia, which is waging an illegal war in Ukraine and its soldiers are carrying out documented atrocities," the spokesman stressed. "We take this very seriously: Serbia has decided that it wants to take the path of accession to the EU, this provides for an alignment on our foreign policy".

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Putin to Erdogan: "We could negotiate with Kiev"

Russian President Vladimir Putin admitted during talks with Turkish counterpart Recep Erdogan in Samarkand that Russia could return to negotiations with Ukraine. This was reported by the Foreign Minister of Ankara Mevlüt Cavusoglu, quoted by the Russian state news agency Tass.

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Kiev, torture room set up by the Russians discovered in Kharkiv

Another torture chamber set up by the Russians was discovered in the liberated village of Liptsi, in the Kharkiv region of eastern Ukraine, as reported by the Attorney General's Office, reported by Ukrinform.

"On September 23, prosecutors from the Derhachiv District Prosecutor's Office, Kharkiv Region, together with law enforcement officers discovered the office of the self-proclaimed so-called 'police' in the village of Liptsi, Kharkiv district. Republic of Lugansk ", where the Russian military and those of the pseudo-republic were based. In the basement of the building the invaders detained people, subjecting them to torture before taking them to Russian territory. "

The investigation is being conducted in the context of a criminal proceeding initiated for violation of the laws and customs of war.

(Unioneonline)

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