We're getting ready, better day by day, considering different options.... One should get up and go to fight," another soldier Vlad said.... " We're fighting here to not let them come, and then it's luck of a draw."( Reporting by Anatoliy Stepanov; writing by Pavel Polityuk; editing by Christina Fincher)....

24 invasion. Zelenskiy called the joint border customs control a" revolutionary" move.... " This will significantly speed up border procedures," Zelenskiy said in his nightly video address, after Duda's visit.... " We are also working on the creation of a joint venture railway company to increase the export potential of the Ukrainian economy," Kurbakov said in a statement....

KYIV( Reuters)-Russia's invasion has damaged or destroyed up to 30% of Ukraine's infrastructure at a cost of$ 100 billion, a Ukrainian minister said on Monday, adding reconstruction could be achieved in two years using frozen Russian assets to help finance it. Ukraine has not previously outlined the specific impact on infrastructure, such as roads and bridges, although officials say the total bill for damage to everything from transport to homes and other buildings runs to about$ 500 billion so

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