Counteroffensive in Kursk region and deaths of ICRC staff in Donetsk: highlights for September 12

“Everything is going according to plan” in Kursk region despite counteroffensive

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed that Russians have launched a counteroffensive in the Kursk region, part of which is controlled by the Ukrainian military. However, according to Zelenskyy, this “goes according to our, Ukrainian, plan.”

MP hits man in Kyiv

In the center of Kyiv, a man reported to the police that he had been hit by a member of the Ukrainian parliament. Law enforcement is already investigating the circumstances of the incident involving the MP.

Although law enforcement did not name the MP, a video of the MP from the Servant of the People party, Oleksandr Kunytskyi, was posted on social media.

Defense Forces destroy Russian fighter jet and commit sabotage

In the course of one of the operations, the servicemen of the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine destroyed a Russian Su-30SM fighter jet in the Black Sea. The destroyed aircraft belonged to a regiment based at the Saki airfield in temporarily occupied Crimea.

In addition, the military of the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine and the Special Operations Forces mined and blew up a railroad in the Belgorod region of Russia. As a result, a freight car derailed.

Three ICRC staff members killed in Donetsk region as a result of Russian shelling

Russian troops attacked the village of Viroliubivka in the Donetsk region. Three citizens of Ukraine, who are staff members of the International Committee of the Red Cross, were killed there. Ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets noted that the organization did not immediately condemn the attack.

“We already know about the shelling, but the ICRC, as well as the IFRC, is silent! No reaction, condemnation or expression of sympathy! This silence only covers up the criminal policy of the Russian Federation!” the official said.

Later, the ICRC did respond to the attack and condemned it.

Russians put hromadske journalist on the wanted list after her report from Kursk region

The Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs has put hromadske journalist Diana Butsko and a number of other Ukrainian and foreign correspondents on the wanted list after they filmed reports in the Kursk region against the backdrop of the Ukrainian offensive in the region.

Diana Butsko assured: “Such methods will not stop freedom of speech. We will continue to report from the front line wherever it is”.

Former head of Dnipropetrovsk Regional Administration suspected of stealing during road construction

The former head of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Road Administration, Valentyn Reznichenko, is suspected of possible abuse during road repairs. According to the investigation, the damage to the local community amounted to over UAH 286 million.

Memorial service for the fallen son of Ukraine's chief rabbi held in Kyiv

The memorial service for Matityahu Samborskyi, the son of the Chief Rabbi of Ukraine who was killed at the front, was held at the Central Synagogue of Kyiv.

His father, the chief rabbi of Ukraine, other relatives of the deceased, and Israeli Ambassador to Ukraine Michael Brodsky spoke in eulogy. Samborskyi's former colleagues described him as a man who “always smiled and never said that he was having a hard time.”

Other important news

• The hromadske film is now available on Takflix: find out about life in Kharkiv during the war.
• The sister of the of the Hero of Ukraine Dmytro (Da Vinci) Kotsiubailo, who fell in battle, joined the ranks of the battalion he led.
• Times: The US may allow Ukraine to attack Russia, but with British and French long-range missiles.
• Russians attacked a ship with wheat for Egypt in the Black Sea, Zelenskyy said.
• In Ivano-Frankivsk, three men beat a serviceman. Police detained the attackers.
• Harassment of a servicewoman: Gender Advisor will find out why she filed a complaint “much later” than it happened.