Russian pilot captured near Chernihiv.

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Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha stressed that the country urgently needs replacements and called on Western allies to help find and finance the procurement of locomotives compatible with the 1520 mm gauge.

The ruling comes amid media reports that Yermak kept his political influence on Zelensky after resigning in November amid a corruption investigation. The move also followed an earlier court ruling that eased the restrictions on Yermak.

The Belarusian Defense Ministry described the drills as defensive and said they are aimed at improving the military's ability to "protect the country's sovereignty and territorial integrity."

"Sanctions offer Washington a way to support Western security in the High North without putting American troops in harm's way," Alexander Kirk, a sanctions campaigner at Urgewald, said.

"A 'shahed' was hit successfully, but some aspects of controlling the interceptor still need to be refined. The work continues – it will take some more time," Volodymyr Zelensky wrote on X.

One man died in the hospital after being critically injured in a Russian attack on a gas station in Kyiv on Sept. 15, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said.

The alleged ringleader is Mykhailo Kiperman, a co-owner of Kolomoisky’s Privat Group, according to the law enforcement source.

"Few projects illustrate Europe's priorities as clearly as the Port of Klaipeda," EIB Vice-President Karl Nehammer said.