The U.S. intelligence assesses that Ukrainian forces will fail to reach the key southeastern city of Melitopol in this year’s counteroffensive, the Washington Post reported, citing unnamed sources familiar with the forecast.
Russian troops struck the village of Virivka in Kherson Oblast, wounding a 17-year-old girl, Governor Oleksandr Prokudin reported on Aug. 18.
Russian forces hit the southeastern city of Zaporizhzhia on Aug. 18, damaging three apartment buildings and two educational facilities, reported acting mayor Anatolii Kurtiev.
Russia seeks to create a pro-Kremlin information space in occupied parts of Ukraine "to erode Ukrainian national identity," the U.K. Defense Ministry wrote on Aug. 18.
Copenhagen sent a request to Washington regarding the aircraft supply to Kyiv and received a "friendly response," Danish Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen told state-owned broadcaster TV 2. He added, though, that allies have yet to decide when exactly the planes would be delivered to Ukraine.
Russian attacks against Ukraine killed two civilians and wounded four over the past 24 hours, the Defense Ministry's Military Media Center reported on Aug. 18. Russia hit 127 Ukrainian settlements and 89 infrastructure facilities, according to the media center.
The Russian Defense Ministry claimed a Ukrainian naval drone had attempted to attack Russian ships in the Black Sea late on Aug. 17 but was allegedly destroyed.
President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Aug. 17 that he had signed a law changing how Constitutional Court judges are chosen, which is necessary to launch EU membership talks.
Ukraine's General Staff reported on Aug. 18 that Russia had also lost 4,332 tanks, 8,410 armored fighting vehicles, 7,658 vehicles and fuel tanks, 5,193 artillery systems, 714 multiple launch rocket systems, 486 air defense systems, 315 airplanes, 316 helicopters, 4,276 drones, and 18 boats.
The governments of Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia simultaneously joined the Group of Seven's (G7) declaration on security guarantees for Ukraine on Aug. 17.
The German government announced on Aug. 17 the delivery of another military aid package to Ukraine, including two IRIS-T air defense systems and around 4,500 rounds of 155 mm ammunition.
President Volodymyr Zelensky signed into law two bills extending martial law and general mobilization for another 90 days.
Russian attacks in four Ukrainian oblasts killed four civilians and wounded 17 over the past 24 hours, regional authorities reported on Aug. 17.
Ukrainian forces have successfully advanced south of the recently liberated village of Urozhaine, Donetsk Oblast, the General Staff of Ukraine’s Armed Forces reported on Aug. 17.
The U.S. Treasury Department announced on Aug. 16 that it had sanctioned three entities attempting to facilitate North Korea’s weaponry supplies to Russia.
The Swedish government has proposed a new military aid package for Ukraine worth 3.4 billion Swedish Krona ($314 million), Defense Minister Pål Jonson said on Aug. 15, cited by national broadcaster SVT.
Three Bulgarian citizens were arrested in the U.K. on suspicion of espionage for Russia, the BBC reported on Aug. 15. The suspects were detained back in February and have been held in custody ever since, according to the media outlet.
Latvia's State Security Service found direct and indirect invitations to join the Russian mercenary group Wagner on the internet, media outlet Delfi reported on Aug. 15.
Ukrainian forces prevented two Russian sabotage groups from crossing the state border into Chernihiv Oblast, the Joint Forces Commander Serhii Naiev reported on Aug. 15.
Ukrainian troops made further gains in the area of Donetsk Oblast’s Urozhaine, entrenching the regained positions, the General Staff of Ukraine’s Armed Forces wrote on Aug. 15.
Early in the morning of Aug. 15, Russia carried out a mass missile strike against Ukraine, which killed three people and injured at least nine, according to regional authorities.
Russian attacks against Ukraine's Kharkiv and Kherson oblasts killed one civilian and wounded seven more on Aug. 14, according to regional authorities.
As of 11 a.m. local time, damages to 203 buildings were recorded in Odesa as a result of Russia’s overnight air attack, the Odesa City Council reported on Aug. 14.
After Ukrainian cross-river raids in Kherson Oblast, Russia has faced a dilemma of whether to strengthen this area or deploy forces in the main sectors of Ukraine's counteroffensive operations, the U.K. Defense Ministry reported on Aug. 14.
Russian attacks against 10 Ukrainian oblasts killed nine civilians and wounded 24 over the past day, according to regional authorities.
Russia attacked Ukraine in several waves overnight on Aug. 14 using Iranian-made kamikaze drones and cruise missiles, the Air Force reported.
President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Aug. 11 that the heads of all regional military enlistment offices across Ukraine would be dismissed. The decision comes after a nationwide inspection of Ukraine's recruitment offices revealed multiple violations, including corruption, power abuse, and fraud.
Russian forces hit a private residence in Ukraine's western Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast on Aug. 11, killing an 8-year-old child, the Prosecutor General's Office reported.
Russian attacks against Kherson, Komyshany, and Beryslav on Aug. 11 killed a civilian and wounded seven more people, including two police officers, according to Ukrainian authorities.
Air defense intercepted an attack drone over Moscow on Aug. 11, Mayor Sergey Sobyanin said on Telegram. The drone debris fell in the area of the Karamyshevskaya embankment in western Moscow, according to Sobyanin.
Russian attacks in four Ukrainian oblasts killed four civilians and wounded 41 on Aug. 10, according to regional authorities.
During the Russian Aug. 11 attack, missile debris fell in three locations in Kyiv's Obolonskyi district, including a children's hospital territory, Mayor Vitali Klitschko reported.
