Poland’s upper house of parliament, the Senate, on Wednesday unanimously passed a resolution designating Russia as “a terrorist regime” and calling on the international community to support investigations into war crimes committed in Ukraine, Polish state news agency PAP reported.
In his nightly video address, Ukraine's Zelensky said that "Russia as a terrorist state is a terrorist in everything and deserves daily increasing international pressure on it."
He added: "I am grateful to those leaders and those politicians who understand and ensure this. I am grateful, in particular, to the Senate of Poland, which decided to officially recognize Russia as a state sponsor of terrorism. And such decisions should be adopted by the majority of the countries of the world – Russia itself, by its actions, leaves no alternative."
"I thank everyone who helps us fight against Russian terror," Zelensky also said in his message.
Earlier this month, Estonian lawmakers condemned Russia's attempted annexation of parts of Ukraine and denounced Russia as "a terrorist regime."
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) in mid-October adopted a resolution condemning Russia’s aggression against Ukraine and calling on the organisation’s member states to declare Russia "a terrorist regime.”
The Lithuanian parliament, the Seimas, in May voted to label Moscow's assault on Ukraine as "genocide" and to denounce Russia as "a state that supports and perpetrates terrorism," according to reports at the time.
Polish lawmakers in March voted to condemn "war crimes, crimes against humanity and acts of genocide” committed by Russia in Ukraine.
Thursday is day 246 of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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Source: PAP, president.gov.ua
Click on the audio player above for a report by Radio Poland's Michał Owczarek.