In August 2025 alone, Russian military personnel losses in the war against Ukraine totaled 28,790, according to Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Oleksandr Syrskyi.
Since the beginning of the day, there have been 63 combat clashes between the Ukrainian Armed Forces and Russian troops. Fighting continues on six fronts, with the enemy remaining most active in the Pokrovsk sector.
In Germany, a 16-year-old girl died after being hit by a train when she was pushed onto the tracks by an Iraqi refugee who had long been due for deportation.
President Volodymyr Zelensky instructed NSDC Secretary Rustem Umerov to coordinate government officials, regional administrations, and energy companies in procuring additional air defense systems, in particular to shoot down Shaheds.
Russian special services may be involved in organizing the murder of former Verkhovna Rada Chairman and MP Andriy Parubiy, according to employees of the Security Service of Ukraine, the National Police, and the Office of the Prosecutor General.
In the temporarily occupied territory of the Kherson region, at least five cases have been documented in the Skadovsk community where civilians abducted by the occupiers were later found dead with signs of violent death.
Near one of the villages in the Seredyna-Buda community in the Sumy region, a retired couple on a motorcycle with a sidecar hit an enemy mine. The victims, a 75-year-old man and a 76-year-old woman, were hospitalized.
In the temporarily occupied part of the Kherson region, a shootout broke out between units of Russia's 127th Reconnaissance Brigade and 24th Motor Rifle Regiment, leaving 21 Russian soldiers dead and 17 wounded.
In the first half of 2025, large and medium-sized businesses in agriculture, forestry, and fisheries generated nearly UAH 4.2 billion in pre-tax profit, which is 71.6% higher than during the same period last year.
Ukraine expects to raise at least $1 billion every month under the Prioritized Ukraine Requirements List (PURL) program, which enables Kyiv to directly purchase weapons from the United States.