Ukraine allocates additional $793 million for defense.

The full extent of the casualties and damage is still being assessed.

The Akhtubinsk air base is home to Russia's 929th State Aircraft Test Center of the Ministry of Defense.

On Aug. 19, the NABU said that it was "conducting a special operation to expose a criminal organization led by a current and a former Ukrainian lawmaker and involving senior officials from the President's Office."

The Kyiv Independent's Deputy Chief Editor Oleksiy Sorokin and Chief Editor Olga Rudenko debate whether Ukraine could hold an election during the war, what would need to change to make it possible, and whether delaying elections indefinitely could become a threat to Ukrainian democracy.

"The Australian government (should) consider legislation to seize Russian sanctioned entity assets and consider legislation to disburse these assets to Ukraine," recommends a Senate report.

The 83-year-old was found with a gunshot wound to the head in his apartment according to Russian outlets.

Governor Oleh Hryhorov said one of the strikes directly hit the building, injuring six residents, including a 16-year-old girl.

Four years since Moscow launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the Russian House has been allowed to continue operating at its location on Friedrichstrasse, one of Berlin's most famous streets.

The soldiers had been sent to Germany for training before returning to Ukraine to fight Russia, according to Die Zeit.

The 27-year-old man may face up to 20 years in prison if convicted of attempting to engage in intentional foreign interference.

The meeting will take place on Ukraine's Independence Day and be the third time the grouping has met in Kyiv since it was established by France and the U.K. in March 2025, with the aim of agreeing on security guarantees for a post-ceasefire Ukraine.

Russia’s Defense Ministry claimed its air defenses shot down 325 Ukrainian drones overnight.

The figure includes 1,390 casualties Russian forces suffered over the past day.

Russia’s UN Ambassador Vasily Nebenzya claimed on Aug. 20 that mass mobilization of Russian soldiers is not currently planned, while stopping short of ruling out its possibility following next month's Russian parliamentary election.