Ukrainian Ambassador to Israel Yevgen Korniychuk has said he does not rule out that the Russians may launch a missile strike on a crowd of people in Uman during the celebration of Rosh Hashanah and then blame Ukraine.
Fighters with the 3rd Separate Special Purpose Regiment named after Prince Sviatoslav have released footage showing the destruction of three pieces of military equipment of the Russian invaders, including a Zhitel jamming station.
The European Commission has decided to allocate 135 million euros to programs to strengthen cooperation with Ukraine and Moldova. These funds were intended for programs with Russia and Belarus.
The Lithuanian government has decided to temporarily close two of the six border checkpoints on the border with Belarus, namely Šumskas and Tveričius, starting August 18.
Romanian Foreign Minister Luminita Odobescu has condemned another wave of Russian drone strikes on Ukraine, particularly on grain silos and warehouses in the Ukrainian Danube ports of Reni and Izmail.
Swedish SKF company, the world's biggest maker of industrial bearings, reported that its factory in Lutsk came under a Russian missile attack on August 15.
Ukraine has already exported 3.122 million tonnes of grain and leguminous crops in the 2023/2024 marketing year (MY, between July 1 and August 14, 2023).
The Budget Committee of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine agreed to allocate UAH 3.35 billion to five settlements as part of the pilot projects for comprehensive reconstruction.
Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Ruslan Stefanchuk and Ambassador of Japan to Ukraine Matsuda Kuninori discussed Ukraine's energy security and the consolidation of efforts of the parliaments of the G7 countries to counter Russian aggression.
The Yermak-McFaul international working group on sanctions against Russia will soon present a document with sanctions proposals to prevent supplies of equipment necessary for the production of UAVs to the Russian Federation.