According to statements in court, 54-year-old Robert Lee LeLievre volunteered as treasurer with the Inverness local of the teachers union and illegally signed the president’s name on cheques for two years.
European military heavyweights have stressed they will not send ground troops to Ukraine after a suggestion it could not be “ruled out”. Meanwhile, Ukraine has lost two villages near the eastern city of Avdiivka, which was captured two weeks ago in Moscow’s most significant gain in months.