Ukrainian Ambassador to Germany Oleksii Makeiev has said he hopes for a quick and positive decision regarding the transfer of German-made Taurus cruise missiles to Ukraine.
Andriy Yermak, the head of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's office, has held the sixth meeting with representatives of foreign diplomatic institutions to discuss the issue of environmental security as an important point in the Ukrainian Peace Formula.
Attempts by Russian troops to advance in the Kupiansk, Lyman, Bakhmut and Avdiivka sectors were unsuccessful, whereas in the Marinka sector, Ukraine's defense forces continue to hold back an enemy offensive.
An explosion in the temporarily occupied city of Enerhodar in the Zaporizhzhia region has injured the head of the city department of the invading "police," Russian Interior Ministry Colonel (Chuvash Republic) Pavel Chesanov, and a number of other pseudo-officials.
The Russian invaders have banned the movement of civilians between Hola Prystan and the Kinburn Spit from August 15 to 26 to prevent information leaks about the powerful movement of enemy equipment and troops.