Strike on Sumy, Bezuhla's dismissal and aid from Germany: highlights for September 19

Occupiers hit a nursing home in Sumy

In Sumy, the Russian occupation forces attacked a regional nursing home with a bomb, where 221 elderly people lived.

A 78-year-old woman died in the hospital from her injuries. At least 14 people were injured.

Germany donates tanks and all-terrain vehicles

Germany has provided Ukraine with a new package of military aid including Leopard 1 tanks, anti-aircraft guns, all-terrain vehicles, drones and 155mm ammunition.

In addition, according to Reuters, Germany plans to approve additional military aid to Ukraine this year for about 400 million euros.

Bezuhla dismissed from the National Security Committee

The Verkhovna Rada has dismissed MP Mariana Bezuhla from her position as Deputy Chairman of the National Security and Defense Committee. She will not even remain a member of this committee. Instead, she will now work in the Foreign Policy Committee.

Oleksandr Merezhko, chairman of the Foreign Policy Committee, believes that Bezuhla's transfer will help draw media attention to its activities.

Scientists from Kyiv helped Russians restore oil refinery

Law enforcement officials suspect officials of a leading oil research and design institute in Kyiv of collaborating with Russians. According to investigators, they helped restore oil refineries damaged by Ukrainian drone attacks.

The suspects received almost half a billion hryvnias for their work, the SBU said.

EU Ambassador: Ukraine can become a member of the Union by 2030

Ukraine will be able to become a member of the European Union by 2030. Such a deadline is quite realistic, says EU Ambassador to Ukraine Katarina Mathernova.

Deputy Prime Minister for European Integration and Minister of Justice Olha Stefanishyna also noted that Ukraine could become a member of the EU and NATO by 2030.

Onet: Poland can put pressure on Ukraine over Volyn tragedy through the EU

After Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski “almost quarreled” during their last meeting, Warsaw may use its EU presidency next year to put pressure on Kyiv over the Volyn tragedy, Polish media outlet Onet writes, citing its own sources.

Dmytruk tells how he crossed the border

People's Deputy Artem Dmytruk, who illegally left Ukraine, said that the Presidential Office allegedly gave an order to “liquidate” him. Therefore, on August 23, he was driven to the border with Moldova, where he left Ukraine.

According to Dmytruk, he received a call from the Moldovan police at the Chisinau airport and was warned that he was wanted by the special services.

MP Odarchenko is put on the international wanted list

MP from the Servant of the People party Andrii Odarchenko, who is suspected of attempting to bribe the former head of the State Reconstruction Agency Mustafa Nayyem, has been put on an international wanted list. The day before, it was reported that he could have fled abroad.

More than 70 people want to become language inspectors

In Ivano-Frankivsk, 74 people have already applied to become language inspectors in the city. In total, the authorities expect at least a hundred people to fill this position.

These people will conduct outreach work “within the framework of good communication”.

“Russians at War” is now planned to be screened in Zurich

The film “Russians at War”, which depicts the occupiers as “ordinary” people and does not show the destruction and war crimes they commit, is now planned to be shown at a film festival in Zurich, Switzerland.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine expressed its outrage.

TRC detain the technical staff of the MUR project

The creative project MUR said that representatives of the territorial recruitment center detained the entire technical staff of the team on the eve of the concert in Uzhhorod, which took place on September 18.

They say that the actors had to assemble the scenery themselves. At the same time, the recruiting center explained that citizens had no right to deferment from the mobilization call.

Other top news of the day

• Next week, Zelenskyy will meet with Biden, Harris, and Trump and present a victory plan.
• The Verkhovna Rada votes to rename 328 settlements in Ukraine.
• The suspect in Farion's murder was kept in custody.
• The European Parliament called for the lifting of all restrictions on Western weapons strikes against Russia.
• The International Energy Agency believes that this year's winter will be the “most difficult test” for Ukraine's energy sector.