During a phone conversation with Canadian Foreign Minister Anita Anand, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha discussed steps to strengthen political and sanctions pressure on Russia in order to achieve a just peace.
Mandatory evacuation of families with children has begun in the city of Druzhkivka, as well as in the villages of Andriivka, Varvarivka, Novoandriivka, and Rohanske, all part of the Andriivka community in Donetsk region.
U.S. President Donald Trump will hold talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday, aiming to achieve a halt to hostilities in Ukraine, but a comprehensive solution to the war will take more time.
The Ukrainian Naval Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine intercepted a radio transmission indicating the loss of contact with a Russian Su-30SM aircraft during a mission southeast of Zmiinyi Island.
Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko had a conversation with Latvian Prime Minister Evika Siliņa, during which they discussed Ukraine’s EU accession and continued security, defense, and humanitarian support.
Since the beginning of the day, there have been 67 combat clashes between the Ukrainian Defense Forces and Russian troops on the frontline, most of them in the Pokrovsk sector.
Any territorial concessions by Russia will lead to attempts to seize new territories. True peace is impossible while part of Ukraine, including Crimea, remains under occupation.
Russian troops attacked a civilian vehicle with a drone on a highway near Kupiansk in the Kharkiv region, killing a man and a woman and injuring another woman.
President Volodymyr Zelensky informed that the key topics of his meeting in London with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer were coordination of stances ahead of the meeting in Alaska and security guarantees.
In the second half of August 2025, the general situation on the foreign exchange market will remain largely unchanged. No significant exchange rate fluctuations are expected to take place.
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has reported growing challenges in maintaining a stable water supply for cooling the reactors at the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (NPP).
The possible withdrawal of U.S. President Donald Trump from the peace negotiation process represents an undesirable scenario for Ukraine, but not a critical one. Kyiv retains alternative channels of support, particularly through Europe and the U.S. Congress.
Odesa, along with Izmail, Kiliya, Vilkovo, Chornomorsk, and 119 other settlements in the Odesa region, has officially been granted the status of a territory where military operations are taking place.