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Ukrzaliznytsia, in partnership with Oschadbank, has launched a unique mortgage scheme for employees in the sector. The employer will cover up to 20% of the initial deposit and a third of the monthly repayments for a period of three years.
Over the past 10 days, the Russian army has been actively stepping up pressure on the border areas of the Sumy region in an attempt to capture villages near the border. The civilian population from these areas has already been evacuated.
The Head of the President’s Office and former head of the Main Intelligence Directorate, Kirill Budanov, personally took part in special operations on Russian territory. These were raids in the Graivoronskyi area of the Belgorod Oblast, where Budanov’s unit was among the first to enter.
According to SAB, between 2022 and 2025 alone, Russia was forced to spend an additional $130 billion – around $32.5 billion annually – on circumventing sanctions and purchasing banned Western goods, which it had previously bought at significantly lower prices.
According to the Main Intelligence Directorate, the vessel Deyna was transporting Russian oil, which was being sold at a price above the ceiling set by the G7 countries.
In Zakarpattia, law enforcement officers have arrested a man who was wanted by the US authorities on suspicion of large-scale cybercrime. According to the investigation, he had been hiding in Ukraine under a false name.
Over the past 24 hours, the Russian army has lost a further 1,100 troops in the war against Ukraine. Total losses since the start of the full-scale invasion have exceeded 1.3 million.
Dozens of Rostec companies supply components for missiles and drones and remain unaffected by sanctions.
Russian forces attacked the town of Sloviansk in the Donetsk region with a FAB-1500 bomb. The bomb was equipped with a standardised guidance and correction module (SGCM), which is attached to free-fall aerial bombs and converts them into guided munitions.
Hungary’s Prime Minister-elect, Péter Magyar, has announced his intention to bring the country into the European Public Prosecutor’s Office. This could pave the way for investigations into the use of EU funds in previous years.
The case against a controversial blogger suspected of forging educational documents has been closed. This was due to the expiry of the statute of limitations for bringing charges.
Europe has put on hold the development of a contingency plan that would ensure it could defend itself using existing NATO military structures should the US withdraw from the Alliance.
