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Russia’s sham referendums, mobilization, nuclear threats: What it all means -- Putin announces partial mobilization -- Council of Europe on Russia's pseudo-referendums: 'We reject this mockery of democracy' -- Latvia's Foreign Minister: Russia is as dangerous as Nazi Germany -- and more

Russian proxies in Donetsk Oblast seek to mobilize 500 factory workers -- Russian parliament approves longer jail terms for refusal to serve and surrender, lists 'mobilization' as aggravating factor -- Another burial site discovered in Kyiv Oblast -- Sham referendums won't change anything -- and more

Russian missile lands 300 meters away from reactors of South Ukraine Nuclear Power Plant -- Most bodies exhumed from mass burial site in Izium were civilians -- Russian proxies' urgent calls to join Russia causing panic -- Russian forces step up ‘filtration’ in occupied Mariupol, arrest local residents -- and more

Russian units lost half of their troops when retreating from Kharkiv Oblast -- Russia increases strikes on civilian infrastructure as it faces setbacks on the front lines -- Russian forces stage shooting in Kherson to accuse Ukraine of urban warfare -- Exhumation in liberated Izium to continue for 2 more weeks -- New Russian 3rd Army Corps lasts only few days in Ukraine -- and more

Russia's FSB officers tortured residents of newly liberated Kupiansk, Kharkiv Oblast -- Russian forces shell thermal plant in Sloviansk, Donetsk Oblast -- Sanctions begin to harm Russia's military industry -- Russia continues to prioritize strategically meaningless offensives, fails to halt Ukrainian advances -- and more

Almost all bodies exhumed from mass burial site in Izium ‘show signs of violent death -- Russia once again hits hydraulic facilities in Kryvyi Rih with missiles -- Explosions reported at airdrome in Russian-occupied Melitopol -- Ukrainian forces hit 4 areas with Russian troops and a strong point -- Russian forces might have killed more people in Izium than in Bucha -- and more

Russian missile attack on dam floods over 100 homes in Kryvyi Rih -- Fleeing Russian troops ruined energy facility, leaving 5,000 residents of Balakliia, Kharkiv Oblast, without gas -- Ukraine increasingly pressuring Russian positions as counteroffensive continues -- Explosions reported in Russian-occupied Melitopol -- and more

Police confirm first civilian death from torture in liberated Balakliia, Kharkiv Oblast -- Russian losses 9 to 10 times higher than Ukrainian losses during counteroffensive -- IAEA mission to Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant failed to bring desired results -- Russians will receive 'fair response and retribution' after trying to flood Kryvyi Rih -- and more

Ukraine's counteroffensive in Kharkiv Oblast -- Russian occupiers begin leaving Crimea, southern Ukraine with their families -- Russian troops loot homes in the east, south of Ukraine -- Ukraine needs more air defense to protect critical infrastructure from Russia -- and more

Russia has stopped sending new units to Ukraine -- Ukraine has destroyed nearly $700 million worth of Russian equipment in few days -- Russia launches 18 missile strikes, 39 airstrikes on Ukraine within a day -- Russian soldiers engaged in mass looting while fleeing Kharkiv Oblast -- Russian soldiers trying to negotiate laying down their arms -- and more

Armed Forces are within 50 kilometres of Russian border as Ukraine makes further gains in Kharkiv Oblast -- Ukrainian partisans raise flag over Kreminna, Luhansk Oblast -- Russia postpones plans to stage 'referendums' in occupied territories amid Ukraine’s counteroffensive -- Russia plans to again shell Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant -- and more

Ukrainian army has liberated 2,000 kilometres since beginning of September -- Ukrainian army makes progress on the southern front -- Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant’s last reactor shuts down -- Ukrainian forces destroy Russian ammunition depots and ferry crossing in Kherson Oblast -- and more