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“Unfortunately, a speed limit of 161 kilometers per hour remains in place for our forces using Starshield along the entire frontline and in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine,” President Zelenskyy said.

“This, among other things, makes it impossible to deploy interceptors against jet-powered Shahed drones. There are still no clear explanations for this. I have instructed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Minister of Defense to engage more actively with the U.S. State Department, the Pentagon, and SpaceX to obtain clarification and resolve the situation.”

Poland has ousted Russia from a UN body where Moscow had held a seat for 60 years. The election was decided by a single vote, according to the Polish Foreign Ministry.

Poland won a seat on the UN Joint Inspection Unit (JIU).

The Polish candidate received votes from 95 states, one more than Russia’s candidate. As the vote was conducted by secret ballot, it is not known which states supported each candidate.

Jakub Chmielewski will represent Poland for a four-year term running from 2028 to 2032.

Russia has lost its seat on the body, which it had held since the Soviet era. Poland, meanwhile, has returned to the unit for the first time in more than 20 years.

The Joint Inspection Unit is an independent external oversight body that examines the efficiency of UN system agencies, conducts evaluations and investigations, and makes recommendations to improve their operations.

Its inspectors have significant independence in choosing the focus of their inspections and analyses, allowing them to influence the functioning of the UN system as a whole.

❗️ Russian forces struck a five-story residential building in Zaporizhzhia’s Kosmichnyi district, injuring at least four people, including two children, according to the regional military administration.

The attack damaged apartments on three floors. Fires broke out in apartments on the second and third floors, as well as in vehicles parked in the courtyard.