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Wednesday, August 19
Updated: Deputy head of Zelensky's office, lawmakers searched in corruption case
The bureau said that further details would be published later.
Croatia arrests Ukrainian suspected of Nord Stream sabotage, to be tried in Germany
The man arrested was a Ukrainian identified by German authorities only as "Vladimir Z.," who the German public prosecutor's office describes as a trained diver who "participated in the necessary dives."
Ukraine brings home 103 POWs in latest exchange with Russia
As part of the exchange, Ukraine handed 103 Russian service members back to Russia, according to Russia's Defense Ministry.
Parliament reconfirms Andrii Sybiha as foreign minister
Sybiha's reappointment was supported by 266 lawmakers, with 14 abstaining and none voting against it.
Parliament votes through Yevhen Khmara to succeed Fedorov as defense minister
In the final parliament vote, Khmara's nomination was confirmed by 312 lawmakers.
Zelensky fires deputy chief of staff amid corruption investigation
The National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) is searching Mudra's premises, a law enforcement source familiar with the investigation told the Kyiv Independent on Aug. 19.
About Chornobyl
Chornobyl in northern Ukraine is the site of the world’s worst nuclear disaster, which occurred in 1986. The site is approximately 100 kilometers (62 miles) north of Kyiv. Russian forces seized the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone on February 24, 2022, occupying the contaminated area until late March 2022 and causing disruptions to radiation monitoring. Ukrainian authorities restored control after Russian troops withdrew in the spring of 2022.
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Two large and heavily armed states locked in an existential armed struggle. Hundreds of thousands of casualties. Mass mobilization. Systematic long-range strike campaigns against the enemy's economy and infrastructure. Defense budgets swallowing huge proportions of state spending. All these factors evoke an image of "total war" — the kind of interstate conflict where state, society, and economy are all not only an active part of the war effort but also a target of enemy strikes. Russia's full-
