On Saturday, August 8, the Latvian National Armed Forces will deploy mobilization centers in Riga, Kuldīga, Valmiera, and Alūksne to practice the procedure for calling up citizens in the event of a crisis.
German defense company Diehl Defence is developing the Sky Sphere counter-drone system with the CICADA effector, which successfully completed testing at the Grafenwoehr training range in 2025.
Ukraine's Security Service (SSU) has exposed another online agitator in Cherkasy who justified Russia's aggression and discredited Ukraine's Defense Forces.
Ukrainian law enforcement authorities have launched an investigation into the execution of a captured Ukrainian serviceman by Russian troops near the village of Myrne in the Volnovakha district of the Donetsk region on July 22.
The Security Service of Ukraine detained a Russian agent in the Dnipropetrovsk region who was coordinating missile and drone attacks on the Pavlohrad district.
Thirteen people wounded in Russian strikes on the towns of Lozova and Balakliia in the Kharkiv region remain in hospitals; one of them is in critical condition.
During a Russian missile and drone attack in the Black Sea, the German dry cargo ship Emil sustained significant damage, while in Ukraine, a Puma warehouse was damaged and the central warehouse of the German automotive chemicals manufacturer Liqui Moly was destroyed.
President Volodymyr Zelensky met with Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov and discussed with him cooperation in the defense and economic spheres, as well as humanitarian aid for Ukraine.
President Volodymyr Zelensky held a meeting on the imposition of sanctions against Russia and instructed officials to prepare an operational plan designed to significantly curtail the Russian military-industrial complex.
In Pavlohrad, Dnipropetrovsk region, a sorting depot and a base for mobile branches of JSC “Ukrposhta” were destroyed. Two female employees of the company were killed.
In the Kherson region, 22 people were injured throughout the day as a result of shelling; the Russian army attacked the region using artillery, mortars, and various types of drones.
Ukraine's Ambassador to Poland, Vasyl Bodnar, believes that the most difficult phase of the crisis in Ukrainian-Polish relations has passed, although tensions within Polish society remain.
Norway is ready to assist Ukraine with the supply of air defense systems and cooperation with partners that possess anti-ballistic capabilities, President Volodymyr Zelensky said after speaking with Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere.