Joe Biden said no one had threatened Russia, despite its claims to the contrary, and that only Russia had sought conflict in Ukraine.
It means people with previous military experience will join the war unless they are too old or medically unfit.
He cited claims of Ukraine shelling the occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant and said some representatives of NATO states had raised the possibility of using nuclear weapons against Russia. He warned them his country"has various weapons of destruction, and with regard to certain components they're even more modern than NATO ones".Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and ZaporizhzhiaThey are scheduled to take place from 23 to 27 September. Together, the regions make up about 15% of Ukrainian territory.
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