The Senate Committee on Foreign Policy, Defense and Security and the Foreign Policy Committee of the Parliament of the Czech Republic supported the idea of suspending the issuance of visas by the EU member states to all Russian nationals.
Ukraine needs U.S.-made F-15 and F-16 fighter jets in the ongoing war against Russia, but even before a decision is made on their supply, the U.S. should train Ukrainian pilots to fly them.
In Kherson, patriotic ribbons and graffiti in support of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as well as leaflets against the sham "referendum" on accession to Russia can be seen across town.
Teachers of a secondary school in the temporarily occupied part of Zaporizhia region are being subjected to psychological pressure with elements of intimidation as Russian security operatives are trying to force them to undergo “retraining” in Crimea to be able to teach children in line with the Russian curriculum starting September 1.
Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal has congratulated Estonia on the Restoration of Independence Day and thanked this country for its sincere support in Ukraine's fight against the Russian aggressor.
In Mariupol, a southern Ukrainian port city temporarily occupied by Russian troops, an assassination attempt has been made on the self-proclaimed "mayor" of the city, collaborator Kostiantyn Ivashchenko.
Russian paratrooper officers are refusing to participate in hostilities in Ukraine, so the command of the airborne forces of the occupying country has decided to appoint contract service members without officer ranks and experience of participation in hostilities to officer positions.
Russian forces have struck the city of Voznesensk, located near the South Ukraine Nuclear Power Plant (NPP). Fragments of a missile were found in the observation area of the station, so it is not ruled out that the missile could have been fired at the South Ukraine NPP.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine has called on Austria to expel Russia's Permanent Representative to the International Organizations in Vienna, Mikhail Ulyanov, who called for the extermination of Ukrainians.
Service members with the anti-aircraft missile regiment of Ukraine's Air Command Center destroyed two unmanned aerial vehicles of the Russian invaders during the latest air raid alert on Saturday, August 20.
About UAH 855 million has already been collected for the purchase of drones for the Ukrainian military as part of the Army of Drones project, which was launched on the United24 platform.
Ukrainian Armed Forces marines have destroyed 180 Russian soldiers, 2 arms depots and more than 30 units of military equipment between August 13 and 19.
Tobias Ellwood, Chair of the UK House of Commons Defense Select Committee, has stated that any radiation leak due to a possible Russian attack on the Zaporizhzhia NPP would mean a violation of Article 5 of the NATO charter.