Washington and its partners are considering additional sanctions if the parties do not observe a ceasefire, with political and technical negotiations between Europe and the U.S. intensifying since last week, Reuters' source said.
The Kyiv Independent’s contributor Ignatius Ivlev-Yorke spent a day with a mobile team from the State Emergency Service in Nikopol in the south of Ukraine as they responded to relentless drone, artillery, and mortar strikes from Russian forces just across the Dnipro River. Nikopol is located across from the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in the city of Enerhodar.
Peter Szijjarto's announcement came after Ukraine's Security Service (SBU) allegedly dismantled a Hungarian military intelligence network operating in Zakarpattia Oblast.
Moscow and Washington discuss the potential resumption of Russian gas supplies to Europe, among other issues related to the peaceful settlement of Russia's war in Ukraine, Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov confirmed to the Russian state-run Interfax news agency.
"This is a historic decision, as weapons for Ukraine will be purchased at the expense of the proceeds from frozen Russian assets through the European Peace Fund," Denys Shmyhal said.
The approval marks a key step in international efforts to hold Moscow accountable for what is considered the gravest violation of international law committed against Ukraine.
First responders working on the site of a Russian attack on Kryvyi Rih, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine, on Aug. 28, 2024. (State Emergency Service/Telegram)
Russian attacks across Ukraine killed five civilians and injured at least 43 over the past day, regional authorities reported early on Aug. 29.
Ukrainian air defenses reportedly shot down 60 of the 74 "kamikaze" attack drones launched by Russia overnight, while 14 others fell or were lost on Ukrainian territory, the Air Force said.
Ukraine also downed two of the three Russian Kh-59/69 guided aerial missiles launched in the attack, according to the Air Force.
Around 15 drones were reportedly downed during an attack on Kyiv. The fallen debris damaged multiple buildings across the city, but no casualties were reported.
This was the third large-scale aerial strike on the capital this week.
Nine people were injured during a Russian attack against the city of Kryvyi Rih in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Governor Serhii Lysak reported.
A car repair shop, over 230 cars, administrative buildings, and other property were damaged in the attack.
A school, a post office, a church, and a shop suffered damage in attacks against the Nikopol district overnight on Aug. 29.
In Donetsk Oblast, five people were killed and six injured over the past day, according to Governor Vadym Filashkin.
A family of four was reportedly killed during a Russian airstrike against the village of Izmailivka. One more civilian was killed in an attack against the Lysivka village.
Two people were injured in Nykonorivka, two in Chasiv Yar, and two others in Shcherbynivka and Kostiantynivka, the governor said.
In Kharkiv Oblast, a Russian airstrike against the town of Kupiansk in the afternoon on Aug. 28 injured 17 people, Governor Oleh Syniehubov reported.
The Russian attack damaged the Kupiansk city administration building as well as a hotel, residential buildings, cars, shops, and other civilian infrastructure sites, according to local authorities. Three police officers were among the injured.
Russian attacks against Kherson Oblast injured five people over the past day, according to the regional governor, Oleksandr Prokudin.
In the Mykolaivka community ofSumy Oblast, four people were injured during a missile attack on Aug. 28 and two more during an airstrike overnight on Aug. 29, the regional military administration said.
Chernihiv, Cherkasy, Kirovohrad, Poltava, Luhansk, Mykolaiv, and Zaporizhzhia oblasts were also attacked, but no casualties were reported.
Olena Goncharova
