Informative morning of TSF This Wednesday is marked by Putin’s first speech to the nation after the start of the war in Ukraine, on February 24. The Russian president announced a “partial military deployment” of reservists and other citizens with military experience, starting this Wednesday, to defend the country’s sovereignty and territorial integrity. The Kremlin leader assured that he was not lying when he said that he would use all available means to protect Russia.
THE TSFMajor General Isidro Pereira explained what a partial mobilization consists of, admitting that the general mobilization of Russia could be the next step.
Reactions to Putin’s announcement were heard around the world. The advisor to the Ukrainian president said that the mobilization of reservists announced by Russia contradicts all the initial plans of Moscow, which expected the aggression to last just three days before Ukraine succumbed.
The main opponent of the Kremlin, Alexei Navalny, spoke of a tragedy that will cause a “huge number of deaths”.
The US ambassador to Ukraine considered that the announcement of the partial mobilization of citizens in Russia and the referendums for the annexation of Ukrainian territories are a “sign of weakness, of failure” of the Russian authorities.
China has already called for dialogue and support for “any effort” to bring about a ceasefire in Ukraine.
Here, the districts of Santarém, Setúbal, Portalegre, Évora, Beja and Faro are under yellow alert due to the forecast of showers, which can be strong and hail, and frequent thunderstorms.
And the Azores are expected to be hit, starting Thursday, by a tropical storm identified by the US National Hurricane Center (NHC) as the “tropical pressure system”, which was given the name “Gaston” and which was identified this Tuesday, was located 1,595 kilometers west of the archipelago, moving in a north-northeast direction at a speed of 28 kilometers per hour.
In Australia, around 230 pilot whales were found stranded off the west coast of Tasmania. Australian authorities have said only half of the animals found are likely to remain alive.
Finally, if you have electrical and electronic devices that you no longer use or are damaged, you can hand them in to the parish council of your residence. ERP (European Recycling Platform) Portugal, a waste management entity, wants to help ensure that this type of waste does not end up in the streets and, for this reason, has created the “Junta na Freguesia”, a project that aims to encourage the populations to in your old electrical and electronic equipment in the parish councils to be properly routed and recycled.
Source: TSF
