The government will allocate 350 million UAH ($9.5 million) to the Energy Ministry to support critical repairs ahead of the cold season, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal announced on Aug. 19.
Ukrainian counteroffensive forces advanced in Zaporizhzhia and Donetsk Oblasts while the Russian government proposed a ban on images of Russian military activity, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) wrote in its Aug. 16 report.
Ukrainian troops of the Tavria sector on the southern front line destroyed 15 units of Russian military equipment and defeated 265 combatants, Brigadier General Oleksandr Tarnavskyi reported on Aug. 16.
Ukraine's Security Service (SBU) claimed responsibility for the July 17 attack on the Crimean Bridge and said they used an experimental sea drone in the operation, CNN reported on Aug. 15.
The Russian military shelled nine communities in Sumy Oblast on Aug. 15, causing 172 explosions and damaging a private home, the Sumy Oblast Military Administration reported.
Insider sources from Russia and Belarus cast doubt on the Russian Defense Ministry's claim that Wagner Group commanders are being transferred to the Redut private military company, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) wrote in its Aug. 15 report.
Russian forces launched 22 attacks at seven communities in Sumy Oblast on Aug. 14, the Sumy Oblast Military Administration reported via Telegram.
Ukrainian troops destroyed 34 units of Russian military equipment and killed nearly 100 soldiers in combat operations on Aug. 14, Brigadier General Oleksandr Tarnavskyi reported via Telegram.
The Russian currency is now worth less than 1 cent, falling past 100 rubles to the dollar, a 40% decrease in its value this year.
Russia launched Shahed drones and missiles at Odesa on the night of Aug. 14, the Ukrainian Air Force announced shortly after 1 a.m local time.
Ukraine has become the world's most heavily mined nation, Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov told the Guardian in an interview on Aug. 13.
Pro-war Russian bloggers are complaining of poor Russian morale and personnel failures after Ukrainian troops made gains in Urozhaine, Donetsk Oblast, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) wrote in its Aug. 13 report.
Russian authorities in occupied regions of Ukraine are threatening to withhold high school certificates from students who do not agree to accept Russian passports, the National Resistance Center reported on Aug. 13.
Over the course of the day, 21 attacks caused 144 explosions. Russian forces attacked with mines, artillery, and mortar shelling.
Russian state space agency Roscosmos launched its first lunar expedition in 50 years on Aug. 11.
Russian forces shelled eight communities along the Sumy Oblast border on Aug. 10, causing 220 explosions, the Sumy Oblast Military Administration reported.
The Russian-backed church was required to return 79 objects from the section of the monastery known as the Lower Lavra.
Denise Brown, the UN's humanitarian coordinator in Ukraine, issued a statement condemning the Russian military's Aug. 10 attack on the city of Zaporizhzhia.
Russian forces hit Rivne Oblast with a "massive" drone attack on Aug. 10 that destroyed an oil depot in the Dubno district, Oblast Governor Vitaliy Koval reported via Telegram.
The Russian Defense Ministry claimed that air defense units destroyed 11 drones traveling toward the city of Sevastopol in Russian-occupied Crimea on the night of Aug. 10.
Medical clinics in Russian-occupied regions of southern Ukraine are overwhelmed with wounded military personnel, the National Resistance Center reported on Aug. 9.
Two attack drones were intercepted en route to Moscow at 4 a.m. local time on Aug. 10, Mayor Sergey Sobyanin claimed via Telegram.
U.S. President Joe Biden signed an executive order restricting investments in certain national security technologies in "countries of concern," including China, the White House announced on Aug. 9.
The schools' stated purpose is to prepare high school students for the Russian presidential "elections."
Ukrainian strikes against road bridges linking Russian-occupied Crimea to Russian-occupied Kherson Oblast "pose significant disruptions to logistics," the Institute for the Study of War wrote in its Aug. 6 analysis.
China's participation in the Saudia Arabia peace talks could signal a shift in Beijing's allegiance, experts told journalists from Reuters.
Serhiy Slabenko, former member of Ukraine's Parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, was killed in combat at the Zaporizhzhian front, the government announced on Aug. 6.
Russian forces shelled seven communities in Sumy Oblast on Aug. 6, damaging homes.
Russian forces shelled Nikopol in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast during the evening of Aug. 3 and into the night, injuring two people and damaging more than two dozen homes, Oblast Governor Serhii Lysak said on Telegram.
Moscow is trying to attract volunteers to its armed forces with incentives, rather than mandates, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) wrote in its Aug. 3 report.
Russian troops shelled nine communities in Sumy Oblast on Aug. 3, resulting in 165 explosions.
After a morning of heavy shelling, Russian forces struck Kherson again in the evening of Aug. 3, damaging a shopping center and a medical facility.
