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Russian strike hits a locomotive near the Polish border

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Ukraine's state railway Ukrzaliznytsia said a Russian strike hit a passenger locomotive in Volyn Oblast on 13 September, two kilometres from the Polish border, with the crew warned and no casualties. Four other items ran in the same round-up.

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Key takeaway

A Russian strike hit a locomotive two kilometres from Poland, with no casualties reported.

Ukraine's state railway Ukrzaliznytsia said a Russian strike hit a passenger locomotive in Volyn Oblast on 13 September, two kilometres from the border with Poland. Rail staff had been warned, and the crew escaped injury. A Russian missile crashed in eastern Poland during a strike on Ukraine in July, so the margin here is measured in kilometres rather than in policy.

Mark Rutte said on 8 September that allies have allocated over $10bn in a year to allied-funded purchases of US weapons for Ukraine. The US House Rules Committee meets on 14 September on the Russia sanctions bill the Senate passed 86 to 11 in August.

Ukraine's Coordination Headquarters confirmed 103 servicemembers freed on 19 August, most of them wounded or seriously ill. The G7 Rapid Response Mechanism said on 20 August that the Pravda Network amplified fabricated leaks after July's Polish airspace violation.

Deep Analysis

In plain English

A Russian strike hit a train close to the Polish border, though nobody was hurt. The same round-up notes NATO's chief saying allies have funded over $10bn in US weapons purchases for Ukraine in a year, and confirmation that 103 Ukrainian servicemembers, mostly wounded or ill, were freed in a prisoner exchange in August.

Sources:NATO·Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War·Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Poland

Mentions:Poland →Mark Rutte →NATO →Coordination Headquarters →Russia →Ukraine →

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Different Perspectives

South Korean foreign ministry

Seoul said on 20 October it will withdraw some Kyiv embassy staff, citing no constructive steps from Kyiv since it recalled its ambassador over the disclosure of two North Korean prisoners. A chargé d'affaires and consular staff stay, and Seoul says its aid continues.

Alexander Lukashenko

Lukashenko said on 22 October that talks with the US show progress despite problems, which he said were highlighted with the exchange of political prisoners for the lifting of sanctions. He said Minsk keeps its promises and wants the US to deliver its side in full.

Moldovan government (Daniella Misail-Nichitin)

Moldova has pulled its border guards and customs officers from four crossings on Ukrainian soil after Russian strikes near the border. Interior Minister Daniella Misail-Nichitin said Chisinau is weighing moving Ukrainian checkpoints onto Moldovan territory.

Péter Magyar

Magyar told RTL that Ukrainian maize may cross Hungary in sealed trains bound for Western Europe. He set one condition: the cargo must only transit the country.

Donald Tusk

Tusk said Warsaw would seek an explanation from Kyiv for the drone's route across Poland. He said Poland allows no operations over its territory without its explicit consent.

Mindaugas Sinkevičius

Lithuania's prime minister said the Ukrainian drone that exploded in Pasvalys district on 18 October carried explosives and entered from Poland through the Schengen zone. Earlier drones over Lithuania had come from Belarus, not through allied airspace.

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