News about the Russia-Ukraine war: This happened on Tuesday night (September 13)

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Ukrainian units in the Denetsk region (in June 2022)

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What has happened in the past few hours

According to the US Army, many of the

who are

have

.

Large parts of these troops have crossed the border and returned to Russia, a senior US military official said.

Ukraine has made extensive gains in territory near Kharkiv.

The US representative did not give any figures.

US Secretary of State

confirmed that the Ukrainian armed forces had made

.

"Their action was very systematically planned and of course supported by the United States and many other countries to ensure that Ukraine has the equipment it needs to carry out this counter-offensive," Blinken said at a press conference in Mexico.

The Ukrainian offensive against Russian forces is still in its

, but significant progress has already been made.

Given the

has suffered , Russia

can and should put an end to this.

The

search the recaptured areas in the east for

of the Russian occupying power.

In addition,

would be cleared, the Ukrainian General Staff said in its situation report on Monday evening.

He gave no further information on the advance of the Ukrainians, who have largely routed the Russian troops in the Kharkiv region.

Photos showed Ukrainian soldiers on Monday in Sivatohirsk in the Donetsk region.

There was no confirmation of the capture of the city with an important orthodox monastery.

The General Staff reported fighting on Monday along almost the entire front line in the east.

Several attacks by the Russian army were repelled.

Its own air force and artillery have destroyed several Russian command points and depots.

The military information was not independently verifiable.

That says Kyiv

According to President

recaptured

of occupied territory

in its counter - offensive since the beginning of September

.

The soldiers "liberated" this area in the south and east and would "advance further," Zelenskyj said in his evening video address on Monday.

The Ukrainian authorities have discovered four

with

in a recaptured village in eastern Ukraine .

Initial investigations indicated that the people found in Zaliznychne in the Kharkiv region were "killed by Russian soldiers during the occupation of the place," the regional prosecutor's office wrote on Facebook on Monday.

Three of the bodies were found on private property, one on a factory site near the train station.

According to the public prosecutor's office, after the Ukrainian recapture of several towns, the authorities received information that several citizens had been killed by Russian soldiers.

The bodies would now be examined by coroners, the law enforcement agency said.

It was being investigated for murder and “violations of martial law”.

After Russian

hits on the

calls for faster delivery of anti-aircraft weapons

.

Aid from international partners to Ukraine must be increased, he said on Monday.

»Together we can overcome Russian terror.«

Russian rocket hits on a power plant near Kharkiv temporarily paralyzed large parts of the power grid in eastern Ukraine on Sunday evening.

»Hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians found themselves in the dark – without electricity.

Houses, hospitals, schools, community infrastructure,” Zelenskyy said.

"Russian missiles hit exactly those objects that have absolutely nothing to do with the infrastructure of our country's armed forces." He interpreted the shelling as revenge for the advance of the Ukrainian army.

Moscow says so

The leadership of the

Peninsula, annexed by Russia, wants to stop the use of

and the singing of

of Russia .

Videos of such incidents have appeared at official events, Crimean head of administration Sergey Aksyonov said in Simferopol on Monday.

Anyone who organizes something like this or takes part in it should be held responsible and fired, Aksjonov wrote on Telegram.

He also threatened "other measures within the framework of the legislation."

Such behavior was "treason against one's own country," he wrote.

Anyone who supports Ukraine should go there.

Unverified videos allegedly shot at summer concerts in Crimea are circulating on the Internet.

On it, anti-war songs by Ukrainian artists are sung in Ukrainian, whose music is banned in Russia.

It is not clear whether this happened out of ignorance or as a conscious political protest.

Location at the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant

in Ukraine ,

occupied by Russian troops , has been reconnected

power lines .

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna announced on Monday evening that one line could supply the cooling system for the reactors that were shut down, while the second was in reserve.

The sixth and last reactor has been shut down and now requires less electricity for cooling.

Nevertheless, the

in and around Europe's largest nuclear power plant in the middle of the combat zone remains

, said IAEA chief Rafael Grossi according to the announcement.

The four main lines have been destroyed and the power plant is not delivering any electricity.

"A nuclear safe and secure zone is urgently needed," he said.

He had conducted the first consultations with all those involved.

The nuclear power plant and its surroundings have been fired at repeatedly for weeks, for which the Russians and Ukrainians blame each other.

The IAEA has inspected the damage to the power plant and wants to set up a safety zone around the plant if possible.

International reactions

Green Party leader Omid Nouripour

has called for

of German

exports .

"The grand coalition has partially approved export figures for armaments that we did not like," he said on Monday on ZDF's "heute journal" with a view to the black-red previous government.

The numbers were rightly criticized by many in the SPD.

"And we want to get off those numbers," Nouripour said.

"Despite all the need to help Ukraine, we have to keep looking at arms exports to see how they can lead to the next conflicts.

And that is why it is important to deal with it restrictively.«

On the other hand, his

advocated a speedy

of German

to

the Ukraine.

"Sooner or later we will not be able to avoid supplying the Ukraine with modern, western battle tanks," he told the Bayern media group.

Russia has largely destroyed the Ukrainian arms industry.

At the same time, the old Soviet tanks offered poor protection against Russian attacks.

"I think we should deliver Leopard main battle tanks as soon as possible to prevent Ukrainian soldiers from dying unnecessarily."

economic consequences

in unused

from the

EU

to deal with energy

problems, according to a senior official .

"Member States can apply for loans to finance additional investments and reforms - including those already planned," said European Commission Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis on Monday.

The loans could, among other things,

on

oil

be used.

In addition, governments may change spending plans that have already been approved, as the war in Ukraine has changed the circumstances under which the original approvals were issued.

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