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.

Three people were injured after a Russian attack rocked Kyiv overnight on Aug. 16, sparking fires across Ukraine's capital, authorities reported.

Most of the overnight Russian attacks targeted Kyiv, Kremenchuk in Poltava Oblast, and Kryvyi Rih in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.

In this episode of Ukraine This Week, Anna Belokur examines what we actually know about civilian deaths linked to Ukrainian strikes, how international humanitarian law distinguishes military targets from civilian targets, and why many of the most high-profile incidents remain difficult to verify.

Mahuchikh has won the European title at every championship she has entered since her debut in 2022.

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

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.

Ukraine has begun using British drones in deep strikes against Russia over the past six months, the Times reported Aug. 15, citing sources in Ukraine's Armed Forces.

"Our Polish-Ukrainian relations can be debated, but no one can doubt that supporting Ukraine in the war with Russia is for our security," Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said during the country's Army Day celebrations.

"Today, I signed a decree on measures at the state level to protect Ukraine's national shrines," Zelensky said on the 975th anniversary of the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra. The monastery was badly damaged during a Russian strike in June.

Sending arms to Ukraine undermines attempts by the U.S. and Turkey to act as peace brokers, Russia's Foreign Ministry said regarding an upcoming shipment of 70 ATACMS missiles and other weapons to Ukraine.

The Kyiv Independent's Polina Moroziuk travels through Darnytsia, one of Kyiv's most heavily targeted districts, to investigate the local bomb shelters.

Despite what HUR described as the company's high level of digital protection, the cyberattack disrupted Wildberries' main remote customer-service channel, partially destabilized its payment infrastructure, and placed additional pressure on its contact centers.

Ishkulov currently serves as deputy commander of the 7th Rapid Response Corps of Ukraine's Air Assault Forces. He is expected to replace Brigadier General Oleksii Maistrenko, who has commanded the 11th Army Corps for around six months, according to Ukrainska Pravda.

Russian forces attacked Ukraine overnight on Aug. 15 with 152 Shahed-type drones and loitering munitions, the Air Force said

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

Ukrainian forces struck Russia's Savasleyka military airbase, which stores Mig-31 fighter jets capable of launching Kinzhal ballistic missiles, monitoring channels reported on Aug. 15.

The Sheskharis oil terminal, one of Russia's main Black Sea export facilities, processes around 700,000 barrels of crude per 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.

The Romanian Defense Ministry said on Aug. 14 that there is no evidence the population faces "increased risk," despite documenting four incidents involving drone wreckage in a single day.

At least 437 civilians in Ukraine were killed and 2,610 injured in July alone, a 30% increase from June. More civilians were killed or injured in July than any month since March 2022.

Key developments on Aug. 14: * Russia's Ust-Luga port struck, 2 processing plants damaged, Ukraine's General Staff says * Russia strikes Ukraine's largest private port operator as Moscow rejects grain truce * Russia to abolish border zones with occupied Ukrainian territories * Ukrainians rally again for Fedorov reinstatement as organizers 'disappointed' in Zelensky's silence Ukraine struck the Ust-Luga port in Russia's Leningrad Oblast overnight on Aug. 14, damaging two processing plants a

"The president has maximally disappointed me with his silence, especially considering that the lack of communication has effectively become the trigger for these protests," Dmytro Koziatynskyi, a war veteran and one of the protest organizers, said on social media.

Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 provoked some very real geopolitical soul-searching throughout Central Asian capitals. Up until then, the economies of five of these states remained oriented towards the largest economy in the region – Russia. The C6 (i.e., Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan) are taking unprecedented steps to diversify their trade, investment, and labor portfolios, having been shaken by Moscow's brutal rejection o

Ukraine's diplomacy is finding unexpected success beyond its traditional allies. Within a span of a few months, President Volodymyr Zelensky has paid first wartime visits to Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Serbia — countries traditionally counted among Moscow's partners. Economically and geopolitically weakened by its ongoing war against Ukraine, Russia is running short on political capital it can use to cement its sphere of influence. This, mixed with recent hurdles in bilateral ties and pragmatic

The Ukrainian arms company Fire Point, whose missiles and drones have played a significant role in Ukraine's strikes on Russian oil refineries and logistics infrastructure, also got in on the social media action.

Albert Vasiliev, also known as Kyivstoner, is a blogger, actor, rapper, and a former member of the Griby band. Russia previously accused him of orchestrating a drone attack in Moscow Oblast in cooperation with Ukrainian security services, an allegation he denied.

Kyiv privately told the Trump administration that Russia may be unable to capture the remaining Ukrainian-controlled parts of Donetsk Oblast even in 2027, according to a document seen by the Kyiv Independent. The assessment comes as Moscow continues to demand that Ukraine withdraw from Donetsk Oblast as part of the U.S.-led peace process. Kyiv is instead arguing that Russia's battlefield gains have slowed so sharply that Moscow may struggle to achieve its territorial goals through force. Ukra

The attack damaged at least one warehouse at the TIS terminal in Ukraine's Pivdennyi (Southern) Port complex, an agriculture-sector executive with knowledge of the matter told the Kyiv Independent under the condition of anonymity.

Ust-Luga is one of Russia's largest ports on the Baltic Sea and home to an oil terminal that serves as a major hub for the export of crude oil and petroleum products.