US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken . File photoWASHINGTON, 22 Sep. The United States and its allies will continue to support Ukraine, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said in a statement on partial mobilization in Russia. On September 21, Russian President Vladimir Putin made an appeal about the situation in Donbass and the progress of the special operation. He stated that Moscow would support the decisions of referendums in the DPR, LPR, Zaporozhye and Kherson regions, and announced a partial mobilization in Russia, calling it a decision that is fully adequate to the current threats. According to him, «the West has crossed every line in its aggressive anti-Russian policy.» He noted that nuclear blackmail has also been used, and high-ranking representatives of NATO countries are saying about the possibility and admissibility of using weapons of mass destruction against Russia. «We will continue to be together with Ukraine and its people. Together we have provided Ukraine with consistent and significant assistance for defense , and we will continue to support Ukrainian citizens for as long as necessary,» Blinken said. Representatives of other Western countries also comment on partial mobilization in Russia. Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg said it was «a further escalation that makes a diplomatic solution even more distant,» the Kronen Zeitung reported. Austrian President Alexander van der Bellen also linked the message of partial mobilization in Russia to «further steps towards escalation.» He wrote on Twitter that Austria and the European community will continue to support Ukraine, «especially in the humanitarian sphere.» Finnish Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto said that his country would continue to help Ukraine. «The announcement of a partial mobilization of troops is an irresponsible escalation, and Russia's nuclear threats are serious,» he wrote on social media. Earlier, Putin said that in Russia «they have already heard a lot that the West wants to fight us to the last Ukrainian,» and this is — tragedy for the entire Ukrainian people. Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev noted that the United States, in response to the special operation of Russia, declared a «war by proxy», supplying Ukraine with weapons and maintaining a militaristic frenzy there so that Kyiv «fought to the last Ukrainian», while the interests of the United States or Europe in this case do not suffer . Press Secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov noted that the supply of US weapons to Ukraine does not contribute to the awakening of Kyiv's desire to resume peace talks. announcement of partial mobilization in Russia
