Ukraine's military strikes Russian air defense in south

The delivery follows the signing of the PURL agreement between the U.S. and NATO on July 14.

"The one (war) that I thought would be the easiest (to end) was because of my relationship with President Putin," Trump said. "But he’s let me down. He’s really let me down."

A 35-year-old woman and two men aged 41 and 46 were detained in a counter-terrorist operation at two separate addresses in Grays in Essex.

Seven settlements have been liberated in the Dobropillia and Pokrovsk sectors during the operation, President Volodymyr Zelensky said.

Russia's government is considering raising the VAT rate from 20% to 22% to reduce the budget deficit, Reuters reported.

The Kyiv Independent's team visited London to moderate panels at the Ukraine Freedom Summit.

"In the near future, investigators from law enforcement agencies and Interior Ministry experts will carry out all the necessary examinations to identify the repatriated bodies," Ukraine's Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War (POW) said.

The new Ukrainian-Polish task force will serve as a platform for developing joint initiatives and focus on training programs, Defense Minister Denys Shmyhal.

Dmitry Kozak, a longtime associate of Russian President Vladimir Putin and one of the few senior Russian officials to oppose the invasion of Ukraine, has resigned from his post as the Kremlin's deputy chief of staff.

Long-range SBU drones struck an ELOU-AVT-4 crude oil processing unit at the center of the facility, triggering a "massive explosion," an SBU source said.

Australia is joining the EU, the U.K., Canada, Japan, and New Zealand in lowering the price cap on Russian oil from $60 to $47.60 per barrel.

Unknown individuals set fire to dry grass near the Russian army’s command post near the village of Voskresenka on Aug. 30, the Ukrainian project "I Want to Live" said. The fire reportedly quickly spread to buildings and dugouts at the site.