Ukraine’s General Staff reported on June 19 that Russia had also lost 1,468 tanks, 3,577 armored fighting vehicles, 745 artillery pieces, 235 multiple launch rocket systems, 98 surface-to-air missile systems, 181 helicopters, 216 airplanes, 598 drones, and 14 boats.
Ukrainian drones struck the Unecha oil pumping station in Russia's Bryansk Oblast on Aug. 21, the commander of Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Forces, Robert "Madyar" Brovdi, announced in a video published to social media.
Switzerland is prepared to grant Russian President Vladimir Putin immunity from arrest if he travels to Geneva for peace negotiations, Swiss Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis said in an interview on Aug. 19.
"This was an ordinary civilian facility with American investment. They produced everyday household items, such as coffee machines," President Volodymyr Zelensky said.
Italian police have arrested a Ukrainian national under a European arrest warrant in connection with the 2022 Nord Stream pipeline explosions, German prosecutors announced on Aug. 21.
We will know in within two weeks whether there will be peace in Ukraine. After that we will have to maybe take a different tact," U.S. President Donald Trump told conservative commentator Todd Starnes.
The attack caused fires at a large electronics plant in Mukachevo, with damage also reported in other cities, including Lviv.
The closure comes ahead of the "Zapad-2025" military drills, scheduled to take place in Belarus from Sept. 12 to 16. Minsk said the joint exercises with Russia are intended to test both countries' ability to ensure security and repel possible aggression.
Tovste is a frontline village southwest of the Russian-occupied city of Donetsk and near the key town of Vuhledar.
President Volodymyr Zelensky claimed that Flamingo had undergone successful tests, describing it as "the most successful" missile Ukraine currently has.
"I explained to (U.S. President Donald Trump) that the talks about them (Russia) occupying our Donbas by the end of (2025) are all just chatter," said President Volodymyr Zelensky.
Sending European troops to Ukraine as part of security guarantees would amount to "foreign military intervention," which Moscow won't support, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Aug. 21.
"We are ready for the bilateral meeting. If the Russians are not, then we would like to see a strong response from the United States," Zelensky said, adding that he asked Trump to impose additional sanctions on Moscow if it rejects talks with Ukraine.
