Ukraine calls emergency meeting of security chiefs, major decisions expected

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KYIV, Sept 29 (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy will hold an emergency top-level meeting on Friday where "fundamental decisions" will be taken in the wake of Russian plans to annex four Ukrainian regions, an official said on Thursday.

The Kremlin says President Vladimir Putin will sign documents on Friday proclaiming Moscow's annexation of regions where Russia organised what Kyiv and the West said were sham referendums staged on Russian-held Ukrainian territory.

Zelenskiy's office said the national security and defence council would meet on Friday.

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Oleksiy Danilov, secretary of the council, said "important and I believe fundamental decisions for our country" would be taken at the meeting. Danilov, who spoke to Ukraine's 1+1 television station, did not give details.

Zelenskiy has said repeatedly that the so-called referendums were illegal and warned of a robust Ukrainian response.

The National Security and Defence Council includes, among others, the commander-in-chief of the armed forces, the defence, foreign and prime ministers, and the head of the Ukrainian Security Service. It is tasked with working with the president on developing and coordinating national security policy.

Reporting by Max Hunder and David Ljunggren, Editing by Timothy Heritage and Alistair Bell

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Charming_Wulf on September 29th, 2022 at 15:50 UTC »

It's doubtful that nukes are truly on the table. My thought is either some sort of large tactical situation is accelerating or they are looking at how to create a tactical nightmare to shit on the PR stunt annexation announcement. Both come down to what is true on some of these recent rumors.

An escalating situation might be the rumors coming out of Belarus about troop movements. I still find it unlikely that the gossip about Belarus activating their own military to be true. What is more believable is that Russia is routing resources to reopen the Northern front via Belarus. There's already evidence that they are throwing folks into the front lines a week after being drafted. Since training and equipment are off the table, pushing thousands of troops through that border might be 'reasonable'.

The other rumor is that the annexation acceptance was pushed back due to internal polling. The Russian public is not happy about the mobilization, enough so that the annexation boon would take a hit. If Friday is now a definite for the announcement, I can see Ukraine wanting to suck the air out of the news cycle.

mysterious-empath on September 29th, 2022 at 15:17 UTC »

Does anyone have any good sane news with these new developments in the last few days that aren’t doomsday

thepinkblues on September 29th, 2022 at 14:45 UTC »

What exactly will happen tomorrow after Putin officially declares the four regions as Russian?