Ukraine Situation Report: Biden Warns Russia On Nuclear Weapons Use Citing claimed Ukrainian attacks, Putin threatens more severe strikes as Biden warns of U.S. response to nuclear, chemical weapons use. https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/ukraine-situation-report-biden-warns-putin-on-nuke-use
Zelenskyy warns Russian occupiers: We will strike harder than before https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2022/09/17/7367939/ President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine said that Ukraine’s defence forces [collective name for all Ukrainian military formations involved in the ongoing combat in this country - ed.] will strike the occupiers "harder than before". Source: President Zelenskyy’s video address Quote: "Many of the Russian soldiers have by now realised that they don’t stand a chance in Ukraine, that they will be defeated. The smartest among the Russian soldiers surrender and we guarantee their rights under the [Geneva] Conventions will be protected. And we will continue pressing forward, to make all occupiers realise this. We will strike them harder than before." Details: President Zelenskyy said that the situation on the front has not changed significantly over the past day. "The Armed Forces of Ukraine, our intelligence units, the Security Service of Ukraine, and the National Guard are gradually, step by step, driving the occupiers out from our land. But we need more time and more effort; we still need to be fully focused on defence and to preserve all our strength," he underscored.
Zelenskyy Feb: I don't need a ride, I need ammunition. Russian Soldiers Sept : We don't need need ammunition, we need a ride.
Let the viewers decide. ‘We Don’t Want To Serve Occupiers’: Backlash in Georgia Against Russian Emigres TBILISI, Georgia — “The world should stop Russian aggression,” reads a poster on the wall of a bar in this South Caucasus nation that has become home to tens of thousands of Russian emigres since the invasion of Ukraine. “Russians who are coming to Georgia should never forget they are coming to a place that is under attack from their country,” said Data Lapauri, the owner of Dedaena bar. Russian citizens who want to enter the bar must fill in an online form and agree to a list of statements, such as “I condemn Russian aggression in Ukraine.” Visitors are also asked not to speak in Russian or “engage in political discussions while being drunk,” according to the online form. “It’s an extreme policy to say that people of a certain nation are not welcomed here. But I don’t want to have someone who supports the war in Ukraine and voted for Putin at the bar that I own. We don’t want to serve the occupiers,” Lapauri told The Moscow Times, sitting on the bar’s terrace on a busy Thursday night. Other cases of Georgian business making special demands of Russians include Bank of Georgia, which briefly asked Russians to sign a form in March saying that they “condemn Russia’s aggression in Georgia and Ukraine.” The most famous nightclub in Georgia, Bassiani, has reportedly stopped Russias from entering because of their nationality. Dedaena, which is named after a famous 19th-century book for children learning Georgian, decided to implement the “visa policy” because of “a growing number of cases of misbehavior from Russian tourists,” Lapauri said, adding that it was “a way to protect the bar and keep it friendly and nice.” “It's very common that people from Russia do not even request — they demand service and menus in Russian or to pay in rubles. Sometimes aggressively. As if it’s something that belongs to them. I would definitely prefer not to introduce the visa policy because it doesn’t look good to me — it looks terrible. But we were forced to do it,” the bar owner said. https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2022...ash-in-georgia-against-russian-emigres-a78792
About 200 occupiers killed in the explosion in Svatove in Luhansk Oblast Head of Luhansk Oblast Military Administration
Russian-occupied Melitopol: the Ukrainian chief of police collaborator killed today in a car explosion. Many more collaborators will meet the same fate.
Also, starting tomorrow, all European land borders except Finland are closed to Russia. There is huge pressure from the Finnish populace on the government to do the same as Poland and Baltic States already did.