A total of 17 prominent Ukrainians and foreign nationals, including American actor Sean Penn, rock band Braty Hadiukiny and TV presenter Alla Mazur, have received the National Legend of Ukraine award from President Volodymyr Zelensky.
NATO’s highest military body, the Military Committee, will hold a meeting at the level of chiefs of defense from September 18 to 19, 2026, in Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark.
NATO is seeking to avoid a direct military confrontation with Russia and does not have a comprehensive approach to countering the Kremlin’s hybrid warfare, according to a former Alliance official.
Russian forces deliberately starved Ukrainian prisoners of war so that, after returning home, they would be unable to defend their country, according to a former POW and Ukrainian marine.
Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said that Moscow rejects a proposal for a third party to administer Donbas, which Russian forces have unsuccessfully sought to seize, claiming that the region is “part of Russia.”
The Nar-Motel hotel in the occupied village of Strilkove on the Arabat Spit burned down following a drone attack. Russian military personnel had been stationed there. The occupiers had previously seized the hotel from its owner, Crimean Tatar Nariman Ablyazov.
Soldiers of the 23rd Separate Assault Regiment “R.U.G” of the National Guard of Ukraine have liberated a forested area in Kharkiv region’s Kupiansk district from Russian forces.
The Kondensat Oil Refinery in Kazakhstan’s West Kazakhstan region will process Russian crude oil and supply up to 70% of its gasoline and diesel fuel output to Russia.
A power facility was damaged in a Russian attack on August 25, leaving more than 30,000 subscribers without electricity in Chernihiv district and the city of Slavutych in Kyiv region.
Ukraine’s Defense Procurement Agency DOT has announced its first procurement of ground robotic systems based on the tactical and technical specifications established by the Ministry of Defense.
The decision to allocate €6.1 billion to Ukraine as part of the defense component of the EU loan includes funding for the procurement of antiballistic weapons.