The Armed Forces of Ukraine made the Russian troops retreat in Kharkiv, Kramatorsk, Bakhmut, Avdiivka, and Southern Buh directions. The Ukrainian defenders inflicted losses on the enemy in several areas.
Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine Oleksandr Kubrakov and UK’s Transport Secretary Grant Shapps signed a joint action plan to help rebuild Ukraine’s transport network.
Ihor Zhovkva, Deputy Head of the President’s Office, has stated that all necessary seven recommendations, which the European Commission gave to Ukraine, will be fulfilled by the end of the year.
The United State in the framework of the biggest tranche of security assistance for Ukraine, worth $2.98 billion, will send, in particular, six additional National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile Systems (NASAMS).
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has emphasized the importance of not losing support from different countries for Ukraine despite Russia’s information attacks.
The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry has called on all states and organizations to support the creation of a special tribunal for Russia's crimes in Ukraine.
French President Emmanuel Macron in a video message on the occasion of Ukraine's Independence Day said in Ukrainian that France would continue to support Ukraine.
On the 31st anniversary of Ukraine's Independence Day, August 24, U.S. President Joe Biden announced $2.98 billion as a new, biggest tranche of military assistance to Ukraine.