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The duration of Russia's war against Ukraine depends on the terms of weapon supplies to the embattled nation. President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine made the statement in an interview with Reuters, Ukrinform reports. "It's too early to talk about the end of the war. I think it's too early...Today, I’d like to emphasize 100 percent the fact that this war depends on terms that are connected only with arms supplies. Only on that... Speeding up aid to Ukraine means speeding up our victory," said Zelensky. Read also: Bundestag lawmakers say Ukraine defends Germany’s freedom, call for boost in military aid…

In the liberated village of Kozacha Lopan, Kharkiv region, the leadership of the Derhachi District Prosecutor's Office conducted an inspection of the basement of the so-called “people's militia”, where the Russian forces tortured people. The press service of the Prosecutor General’s Office said in Telegram post, Ukrinform reports. The inspection was conducted on September 17, within the framework of criminal proceedings on the fact of collaborative activities (Part 7 of Article 111-1 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine). According to the investigation, during the occupation of Kozacha Lopan, representatives of the Russian Federation created a pseudo-law enforcement agency, in the…

In the evening of September 16, 2022, Russian troops opened fire on the Marhanets community, which is situated in the Dnipropetrovsk region’s Nikopol district. Two civilians were reported injured. The relevant statement was made by Dnipropetrovsk Regional Council Head Mykola Lukashuk on Telegram, an Ukrinform correspondent reports. “In the evening, the enemy shelled the Marhanets community twice: with cannon artillery and the Grad multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS). A detached residential house and a gas pipeline were destroyed. Two people were taken to hospital,” the report states. According to Lukashuk, after three days of missile strikes, rescuers and municipal services…

In addition to HIMARS systems, Stinger and Javelin missiles, M777 howitzers, and Switchblade and Phoenix Ghost combat drones, the United States has provided Ukraine with many other types of modern weapons and equipment worth more than $15 billion. The Pentagon on Friday published the full list of security assistance committed to the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Ukrinform reports. "In total, the United States has committed approximately $15.8 billion in security assistance to Ukraine since the beginning of the Biden Administration, including more than $15.1 billion since the beginning of Russia's unprovoked and brutal invasion on February 24," the report said.…

The liberated village of Vysokopillia in the Kherson region has been 80% destroyed. Yaroslav Yanushevych, the head of the Kherson regional military administration, said this on Facebook, Ukrinform reports. "Today I visited Vysokopillia and spoke with local residents. The stories of the people and the destruction left by the enemy are terrifying. The village has been 80% destroyed. Now 270 residents remain here. We handed people food, humanitarian aid and building materials for the reconstruction of housing," he wrote. The humanitarian situation, as in the rest of the liberated settlements, remains critical and is complicated by shelling. This does not…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has called on the world to recognize the Russian Federation as a state sponsor of terrorism so that the atrocities committed by the Russian army in Bucha, Mariupol and Izium do not happen again. He said this in a video address published on Telegram, Ukrinform reports. "Today, all our services - investigators, prosecutors, experts - are working in the city of Izium, Kharkiv region. Today, there are more than a hundred Ukrainian and international journalists in Izium. Today, the world should see what the Russian army left behind - another mass burial of killed people: children…

The bodies of about 20 Ukrainian soldiers with their hands tied behind their backs have been found in a mass burial site in the city of Izium, Kharkiv region, recaptured from Russian occupiers. Dmytro Lubinets, the Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for Human Rights, said this in a comment to journalists. "We found about 500 graves where civilians were buried. So far, we have discovered a mass grave where up to 20 soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were buried," he said, adding that Ukrainian servicemen were found shot dead, with their hands tied behind their backs. It is likely that…

Over the past week, about 50 bodies of killed civilians were found in the liberated territories of Kharkiv region. "About 50 people were found this week in the territory of Kharkiv region. We are not talking now about mass graves," National Police chief Ihor Klymenko said at a briefing, an Ukrinform correspondent reports. Regarding the found mass graves, Klymenko said that the police are currently checking the information. "We will be able to speak about the number more clearly later," he added. As reported, more than 30 investigative and operational groups are working in the liberated territories of Kharkiv region.…

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights' office said on Friday it wanted to send a team to Izyum to verify a mass grave where more than 400 burials had been found after recapturing the city from Russia. "Our colleagues in Ukraine are following up on these allegations, and they are aiming at organising a monitoring visit to Izyum to determine the circumstances of the death of these individuals," spokeswoman Elizabeth Throssell said, Barrons reports. President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday blamed Russian forces for what he said was a "mass grave" discovered in the area. Throssell described the…

In the de-occupied territories of Kharkiv region, Ukrainian law enforcement officers have found 10 torture chambers, including six in the city of Izium. National Police Chief Ihor Klymenko said this during a nationwide telethon, an Ukrinform correspondent reports. "In the de-occupied territories of Kharkiv region, ten torture chambers have been discovered so far.  Six of them were in the city of Izium, in the places of deployment of the Russian armed forces, where there were service members of the Russian Guard, employees of the FSB, representatives of the Russian police – ‘SOBR’ and other units. Two torture chambers - in…