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Sunday, August 17
Europe to send its 'heavy hitters' to back Zelensky in White House talks, Politico reports
According to Politico, Finnish President Alexander Stubb, a trusted Trump interlocutor, may accompany President Volodymyr Zelensky to Washington.
Ukraine sanctions Russian, Chinese, Belarusian firms supplying drone technology
According to the presidential decree, restrictions were introduced against 39 Russian nationals and 55 companies from Russia, China, and Belarus.
Russian attacks kill 5, injure 11 across Ukraine over past day
The Air Force said Russia launched one Iskander-M ballistic missile and 60 Shahed-type attack drones and drone decoys overnight on Aug. 17.
General Staff: Russia has lost 1,069,950 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022
The number includes 900 casualties Russian forces suffered just over the past day.
Ukrainian troops advance in Sumy oblast, General Staff says
Ukraine's military has reportedly advanced about two kilometers in Sumy oblast, just a day after Putin and Trump discussed a deal that would give unoccupied Ukrainian territories to Russia.
Sunday, August 17
Slovakia's Fico praises Putin-Trump summit, repeats Kremlin propaganda
In an Aug. 16 video, Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico praised the recent Putin-Trump summit in Alaska and repeated Kremlin propaganda about the "root causes" of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
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Sickening. Shameful. And in the end, useless. Those were the words that came to mind when we watched the Alaska Summit unfold. On our screens, a blood-soaked dictator and war criminal received a royal welcome in the land of the free — as his attack drones headed for our cities. In the lead-up to the meeting in Alaska, U.S. President Donald Trump declared he wanted a “ceasefire today” and that his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin would face “severe consequences” if he didn't go for it. Yet
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