News about the Russia-Ukraine war: That happened on Thursday night (September 15)

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Dam damage in Kryvyi Rih

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What has happened in the past few hours

The central Ukrainian

was hit by Russian

on Wednesday, according to Ukrainian sources .

President

confirmed that a pumping station at the

of the Inhulets River had been damaged.

He spoke of an attempt to flood his

.

Unverified videos showed that the water level of the Inhulez appeared to be rising rapidly.

"All the occupiers can do is sow panic, create an emergency, leave people without light, heat, water or food," Zelenskyy wrote on Telegram.

'Can that break us?

Not at all.«

Hydrotechnical facilities were badly damaged by the "massive rocket attack," said Valentin Resnichenko, head of the administration of the Dnipropetrovsk region.

The water supply had failed in some parts of the city.

Resnichenko spoke of seven Ch-22 cruise missiles fired from a distance by Russian fighter jets.

The transport infrastructure was also attacked.

Initially, there was no information about victims.

In the presidential office in Kyiv there was talk of eight incoming missiles.

Deputy chief Kyrylo Tymoshenko spoke of an act of terrorism because critical infrastructure had been hit.

According to a spokesman in Kiev,

involved in a

.

A car collided with Zelenskyy's vehicle and other cars in his column in the Ukrainian capital, said presidential spokesman Serhiy Nikiforov on Facebook at night.

Paramedics from the column gave first aid to the driver of the car.

The President was examined by a doctor but was not seriously injured.

(You'll find more about it here.)

That says Kyiv

Because of his car accident, Zelenskyj's nightly speech was also delayed.

Normally, in the evenings, the president very reliably spreads messages to his own people, political opponents or allies in the West.

However, the Ukrainian

told the French broadcaster France24 that there had recently been

certain

.

At the same time, she qualified: "We shouldn't just talk about the negotiations, but also the purpose of Russia's contacts." Possibly Russia just wanted to distract with such proposals, she said.

"We will be ready to negotiate when the moment is right for Ukraine."

Debate on arms deliveries from the West

At the start of his visit to Germany, the President of the

on the

to play a

in supplying main

to Ukraine.

"Germany should live up to its leadership role and be the first country to deliver battle tanks," Stefantschuk told the dpa news agency late Wednesday evening after his arrival in Berlin.

»A country like Germany does not wait for what others do.«

Chancellor

(SPD) has repeatedly emphasized that he

with the

.

So far, no NATO country has delivered Western-style main battle tanks to Ukraine.

The Ukrainian government has been demanding tanks like the German Leopard 2 ever more vehemently since its military successes in recapturing areas occupied by Russian forces.

»The Ukrainian army has recaptured an area of ​​6,000 square kilometers.

We see that these successes also inspire other countries, that they inspire the world,” said Stefantschuk.

"They persuade the heads of government of other countries to put Ukraine back at the top of their list of priorities and continue to help the country."

The

of the

,

,

of the rules for

exports proposed by Federal Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht (SPD)

.

The previous government "approved an extremely high number of arms exports at the time, which we have always criticized.

We want to get away from these high approval numbers, that's also agreed," Nouripour told the editorial network Germany with a view to the coalition agreement.

It is "urgently necessary" to help Ukraine to the best of our ability, especially after the recent land gains in the east of the country, said the Green Party leader.

At the same time, however, it was "still right to deal with arms exports in a fundamentally restrictive manner."

International Reactions

After a phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin,

in Ukraine

anytime soon .

"I feel like we're still a long way from peace," Guterres said after Wednesday's phone call.

“I have no illusions.

At the moment, the chances of a peace deal are minimal,” he added.

Even a ceasefire is "not in sight".

Guterres said he spoke to Putin about efforts to overcome "barriers" to Russian food and fertilizer exports.

It was about an extension and a possible expansion of exports as part of an agreement brokered by the UN and Turkey.

Even Chancellor

Putin 's

the war against Ukraine.

"Unfortunately, I can't tell you that the insight has grown there that it was a mistake to start this war," Scholz said on Wednesday in Berlin, referring to his 90-minute phone call with Putin the day before.

»There was also no indication that new attitudes were emerging there.«

He was firmly convinced "that Russia must withdraw, must withdraw its troops so that peace has a chance in the region," Scholz said on Wednesday.

US senators

have introduced

to designate

as a state

of

.

Republican Senator Lindsey Graham said the proposal should make it possible to sue Russia in US courts for its actions in Ukraine and tighten sanctions against Moscow.

It is not clear if and when the measure would come to a vote.

Classification is required by Ukraine and many U.S. lawmakers, but opposed

.

Moscow has told Washington that diplomatic ties between the two countries could be severed if Russia were put on the list of sponsors of terrorism.

what is happening today

• The Presidents of Russia and China, Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping, are meeting for the first time since the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

  Both attend the summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization in Samarkand, Uzbekistan.

  In the Ukraine conflict, China is backing Putin and portraying the US and NATO as the main culprits. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi will also attend the summit.

  There should be several bilateral meetings.

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