Robert Serry, the first Ambassador of the Netherlands to Ukraine, serving from 1992 to 1996, said that Russia’s war against Ukraine will most likely end with a ceasefire rather than peace.
A memorial service for Yevhen Konovalets, the first head of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists, was held on Sunday at the Patriarchal Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church in Kyiv.
Commander of Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Forces Robert Brovdi (call sign "Magyar") has said that among the challenges Ukraine will face in the near future is an increase in Russian missile and jet-powered drone strikes.
A meeting of leaders and representatives of Ukrainian communities from various regions of Turkey took place in Ankara as part of the international project “A Two Way Journey” and the EmpowHER Summit.
On August 16, in Kramatorsk, the Russian military attacked a post office with a drone. One person was killed and at least six were injured in the attack.
Four people were injured in the Kherson region on August 16 as a result of Russian attacks. Homes, a hospital building, and other civilian infrastructure were damaged.
In Kyiv, on the night of August 16, the office of the publishing house “Nash Format,” located near the Pochaina metro station, was damaged as a result of a Russian ballistic missile attack.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said he had a phone call with his Greek counterpart, George Gerapetritis, with the situation in the Black Sea being the central topic of the discussion.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha has thanked Switzerland for its decision to provide approximately $730,000 for the preservation and restoration of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra monastery.