Zelensky calls for Russia to be designated state sponsor of terrorism
It is necessary to designate Russia as a state sponsor of terrorism and strengthen sanctions, in particular due to its airstrikes on Ukraine's energy infrastructure.
12 September 2022
It is necessary to designate Russia as a state sponsor of terrorism and strengthen sanctions, in particular due to its airstrikes on Ukraine's energy infrastructure.
As of September 12, Ukrainian forces have advanced 12 kilometers into Russian-held territory in southern Ukraine and recaptured more than 500 square kilometers of their homeland.
Explosions rang out in the Kalmiusky district of Mariupol, a southern Ukrainian port city temporarily captured by Russian forces, on the evening of Monday, September 12.
Ukraine's Armed Forces have already recaptured almost 6,000 square kilometers of Ukrainian territory from Russian forces, Ukraine's Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Maliar has said.
The UN Human Rights Council opened a four-week session in Geneva on Monday and will consider, in particular, the situation in Ukraine related to the Russian war.
Russia's military command has suspended the sending of new, already formed units to the war in Ukraine.
Ukraine’s Defense Forces have successfully repelled the attacks of Russian invasion troops in the areas of Mayorsk, Mykolaivka Druha, Bakhmut, Krasnohorvka, and Novomykhailivka.
In the southern direction, the Armed Forces of Ukraine liberated 13 settlements. The total area of the liberated territories thus amounts to over 500 square kilometers.
A Russian serviceman, deployed in Ukraine’s Kharkiv region as part of the invasion force, admits Ukraine’s success in the offensive effort, adding that the remaining Russian forces have little chance of surviving the surge.
Russian troops shelled a densely populated residential area of Kharkiv. Reports on casualties are being verified.
Soldiers from the 128th Mountain Assault Brigade installed the Ukrainian flag in the liberated village of Novovoznesenske in Kherson region.
In Kharkiv region, in a village liberated from the Russian invaders, four more bodies of civilians with traces of torture were found.
As of September 12, 814 settlements in various regions of Ukraine remain without power supply after enemy attacks.
In the south, the Ukrainian defense forces launched more than 100 strikes on the positions of Russian invaders and the areas of concentration of enemy manpower and military equipment, twice attacked pontoon crossings in Kherson region, making their further use impossible.
Explosions rang out in Berdiansk, Zaporizhzhia region.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine have eliminated more than 1,800 Russian invaders in the south of Ukraine over the past two weeks. Territories of almost 500 square kilometers have been liberated.
On September 11, 2022, a total of 40 substations of different voltage levels were left without electricity due to Russia’s mass attack on the territory of Ukraine. Four power engineers were killed.
The Russian military have launched a missile strike on the city of Kharkiv. At least one person was reported killed and four injured.
In the urban-type settlement of Shevchenkove, Kharkiv Region, which had recently been liberated from Russian invaders, Russian troops destroyed a bus station, administrative buildings and detached houses.
The Air Force Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has shared a video depicting the shooting down of Russian Kalibr-type missiles, which the enemy fired at the territory of Ukraine on September 11, 2022.
Over the past 24 hours, Russian troops launched 23 strikes on Donetsk region. Fourteen localities of the region came under enemy fire, civilians were killed and injured.
Fleeing from the offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Russian soldiers have left their ammunition in the town of Izium, Kharkiv region.
From February 24 to September 10, the Armed Forces of Ukraine eliminated 52,950 Russian invaders, including 300 people over the past day.
Five people, including a child, were injured in Russian strikes on Mykolaiv region over the past day.
Overnight on September 11-12, the Russian invaders shelled Kramatorsk, Donetsk region, again. Enemy missiles slammed into a perinatal center and a private sector.
Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, more than 1,130 children have been affected by the actions of Russian troops in Ukraine.
Electricity and water supplies in the Kharkiv region have been 80% restored.
In the Donetsk region, Russian troops have killed three civilians and wounded eight others over the past 24 hours.
Russian forces have struck two districts of the Dnipropetrovsk region overnight.
At least one person has been killed and two others injured in Sunday's enemy shelling of Kharkiv.