Ukraine calls for Russia to be declared ‘terrorist state’ after damning report

Exclusive: Zelenskiy's chief of staff says sanctions should go further as international group concludes Russia's actions pass terrorism threshold

The head of the Office of the Ukrainian Presidency has called for sweeping American and European sanctions targeting Moscow after an official report drawn up by an international working group concluded Russia should now be declared a state sponsor of terrorism".

The call from Andriy Yermak, the second most powerful Ukrainian government official after president Volodymyr Zelenskiy, came after Ukraine accused Russia of sabotage of the Nord Stream pipelines, an accusation that adds to its claim that Russia has shown all the characteristics of a terrorist state under US and international law.