The number includes 990 casualties Russian forces suffered just over the past day.

Trump told Zelensky and European leaders that "NATO should not be part of these security guarantees" for postwar Ukraine, according to French President Emmanuel Macron.

Deliveries via the new DOT Chain Defense marketplace were four times shorter than the standard procurement procedure, according to Ukraine's Defense Procurement Agency.

"As a result of falling debris, oil products spilled and caught fire at the Volgograd Oil Refinery," regional Governor Andrey Bocharov claimed on Aug. 14.

Washington will authorize certain sanctioned transactions that are required to organize upcoming U.S.-Russia talks in Alaska. The authorization expires on Aug. 20.

U.S. President Donald Trump is preparing to offer Russian President Vladimir Putin access to rare earth minerals in Ukraine and natural resources in Alaska in an effort to secure a ceasefire, The Telegraph reported on Aug. 13.

The support will come through NATO's Prioritized Ukraine Requirements List (PURL) mechanism, which coordinates funding for Kyiv's most urgent battlefield needs.

The Kremlin planned to enlist 343,000 people in 2025 and has already fulfilled over 60% of that goal, Vadym Skibitskyi, deputy head of Ukraine's military intelligence (HUR), said.

"We talked about a ceasefire today. President Trump said this is one of his priorities in conversation with President Putin," President Volodymyr Zelensky said.

Shahed-type drones, originally designed in Iran, have become a key element of Moscow's long-range strike arsenal against Ukraine, frequently used to target cities, infrastructure, and energy facilities.

The Kyiv Independent’s Kollen Post sits down with Michael McFaul, former U.S. ambassador to Russia and political scientist, to discuss the upcoming high-level talks between U.S. President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, scheduled for Aug. 15 in Alaska, as well as both sides’ strategies for the meeting.