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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 →House Budget Committee →Coordination Headquarters →Russia →Ukraine →

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