Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,295

Here is however things basal connected Thursday, September 11:

Fighting

• Russian forces launched a “massive” onslaught crossed Ukraine, with 415 drones and 40 cruise and ballistic missiles, Ukrainian President Volodmyr Zelenskyy said successful a station connected X connected Wednesday.
• Ukrainian forces destroyed much than 380 Russian drones, including astatine slightest 250 Shahed drones, Zelenskyy added successful a aboriginal post.
• Russia’s TASS authorities quality bureau said that a antheral who was injured by a Ukrainian drone portion driving a motortruck has died successful hospital, according to Ruslan Khomenko, the caput of the Kherson region’s Aleshkinsky district.
• The Russian Ministry of Defence said that its forces changeable down 225 Ukrainian drones and a guided rocket successful a 24-hour period, TASS reported.

A marketplace trader walks done an indoor marketplace minutes aft a Russian drone struck the extortion and exploded successful Kramatorsk, Ukraine, connected Wednesday [Thomas Peter/Reuters]

Regional security

• Poland’s authorities quality bureau PAP reported that the remains of a 3rd drone were recovered successful the country’s Swietokrzyskie state aft Polish and NATO forces changeable down suspected Russian drones that entered Poland’s airspace connected Wednesday.
• United States President Donald Trump offered his archetypal absorption to Russia’s drone incursion into Poland, posing the question: “What’s with Russia violating Poland’s airspace with drones?” and exclaiming: “Here we go!” connected his Truth Social platform.
• Trump besides spoke with Polish President Karol Nawrocki connected Wednesday afternoon, “regarding the repeated usurpation of Polish airspace by Russian drones, which occurred past night”, according to a station connected X by the Polish leader.
• US ambassador to NATO Matthew Whitaker went connected X to write: “We basal by our NATO Allies successful the look of these airspace violations and volition support each inch of NATO territory.”
• Russia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs dismissed the Polish allegations arsenic “myths” portion Moscow’s Defence Ministry stressed that “there were nary plans to deed immoderate targets successful Poland”, and expressed readiness to clasp consultations with Polish counterparts.
• Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said helium has received “proposals for factual enactment for the aerial defence of our country”, aft speaking with the leaders of France, Germany, the United Kingdom, Italy, the Netherlands, Ukraine and NATO.
• French President Emmanuel Macron said that the intrusion of “numerous” Russian drones into Polish airspace was “unacceptable” and showed “further grounds of Russia’s escalatory stance”.
• Macron besides said helium had an “excellent telephone call” with President Trump, astir the “troubling developments successful Russia’s warfare of aggression against Ukraine, peculiarly pursuing Russian drone incursions into Poland”.

Military aid

• David McGuinty, Canada’s curate of nationalist defence, said his state delivered 8 Armoured Combat Support Vehicles (ACSVs) to Poland, which “are connected their mode to Ukraine”.
• The UK said it would mass-produce Ukrainian-designed interceptor drones to assistance Ukraine antagonistic Russian missiles and one-way onslaught drones.

Sanctions

• President Zelenskyy said that European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen had informed him astir enactment with the US connected strengthening sanctions against Russia.
• US Republican Congressman Joe Wilson introduced a measure to reimpose Soviet-era commercialized restrictions connected Russia, “after the onslaught connected Poland”.
• The European Commission is considering listing immoderate autarkic Chinese lipid refineries successful its 19th bundle of sanctions against Russia implicit its penetration of Ukraine, with the anticipation of the connection coming arsenic soon arsenic Friday.

Source:

Al Jazeera and quality agencies