The Kyiv Independent news desk

Key developments on Aug. 18: * Zelensky formally taps Khmara as defense minister, ruling out Fedorov's return * Ukraine launches hundreds of drones towards Moscow in latest large-scale attack, reportedly damaging Wildberries warehouse * Russia threatens UK over supplying drones to Ukraine * Ghana asks Moscow to stop recruiting its citizens for war in Ukraine * SBU detains alleged Russian agent accused of registering Starlink terminals for Russian troops President Volodymyr Zelensky on Aug

Zelensky also nominated Andrii Sybiha to again take up the post of foreign minister.

The figure includes 1,210 casualties Russian forces suffered over the past day.

Key developments on Aug. 17: * Over 239,000 Russian soldiers killed in Ukraine identified by media investigation * Ukraine's acting police chief reveals scale of draft evasion investigations * New Russian drone launch pads near Ukraine put NATO countries in range, Telegraph reports * Russia, North Korea to continue cooperation 'in all sectors,' Putin says on Korean Liberation Day Russian independent media outlet Mediazona, in collaboration with the BBC Russian service, has confirmed the id

The figure includes 1,440 casualties Russian forces suffered over the past day.

Russian independent media outlet Mediazona, in collaboration with the BBC Russian service, has confirmed the identities of 239,354 Russian military personnel killed in Ukraine.

Cooperation between Russia and North Korea would continue "in all the sectors," Putin said in his message, while Kim praised ties that had “carried forward the history of common struggle for justice and precious traditions of friendship,” according to Reuters.

Switzerland will provide 600,000 Swiss francs ($730,000) through UNESCO to help preserve and restore the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, one of Ukraine's most important historic and religious symbols, damaged in a Russian attack in June, Swiss Federal Council Delegate Jacques Gerber announced on Aug. 16.

Key developments on Aug. 15-16: * Ukraine launches one of its largest drone attacks on Moscow Oblast, damaging Wildberries warehouse * Russian attacks across Ukraine kill 7, injure 51 as major steel plant hit in overnight barrage; NATO downs drone over Romania * Ukraine claims strike on Onyx and Zircon missile launcher in occupied Crimea, shows footage * Russian attack sets iconic Kyiv book market on fire, injures 3 * Kyiv sanctions Russian vessels, companies linked to exports of stolen Uk

The protest march takes place as the Ukrainian parliament is set to return from its summer recess on Aug. 18.

The Bastion is a relatively rare and expensive coastal defense system that Russia uses to launch Onyx and Zircon cruise missiles across Ukraine.

The figure includes 1,510 casualties Russian forces suffered over the past day.

Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin claimed that 600 drones were headed toward the region.

The figure includes 1,370 casualties Russian forces suffered over the past day.

"The illegal export of Ukrainian grain from the temporarily occupied territories must have consequences for everyone involved: from companies and owners to captains and vessels," Sanctions Commissioner Vladyslav Vlasiuk said.