“Protest! Fight! Run away! Or become Ukrainian prisoners of war! Those are the options for your survival,” Mr Zelensky said.
In the capital Moscow alone, there were about 530 protesters in custody; in St. Petersburg 480.
“We will, without doubt, use all available means to protect Russia and our people – this is not a bluff,” Mr Putin said in a televised address to the nation.
The British Ministry of Defence disclosed this on Tuesday in its daily intelligence update on the Ukraine war.
“The president was examined by a doctor. No serious injuries were found,” Mr Zelensky’s spokesman said.
He also brushed aside the impact of sanctions that have starved Russian industry of crucial components like microchips.
Ravil Maganov, chairman of the board of Russia’s largest private oil company, Lukoil, has died after falling from a Moscow hospital window.
Since the start of the Russian invasion on February 24, there have been 13,560 civilian casualties, with 5,614 deaths, including 362 children and 7,946 people injured.
The researchers worked under the assumption that the sanctions on Russia would remain in place until 2030.
The top NATO official also warned of the increased threat Russia posed to Norway, in view of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
