Stoltenberg: Russia may try to 'stage a pretext' to attack Ukraine.

"Yesterday (Aug. 6), various potential formats for leader-level meetings to bring peace were also discussed – two bilateral and one trilateral," President Volodymyr Zelensky said after a phone call with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz.

"The demilitarization of the temporarily occupied Crimea continues," Ukraine's military intelligence agency (HUR) said in a statement.

"No one else was harmed. The injured person has been hospitalized," the police said on social media.

"As a result of the drone strike, a fire broke out at a technical unit for processing gas and gas condensate," the General Staff reported.

The slowdown reflects the limits of Russia's war-fueled expansion, driven by military spending at the expense of civilian investment and private consumption.

Preparations for the meeting are underway, and the venue has already been agreed upon, Russian foreign policy aide Yuri Ushakov said.

The official, who has not been publicly named, is accused of organizing a campaign of abuse against Ukrainian detainees, including civilians. Journalist Viktoriia Roshchyna, 27, was among the victims, prosecutors said.

"President (Donald) Trump has made it clear that he's willing and capable of moving forward on some economic actions, secondary sanctions, or other direct sanctions as well," U.S. State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce said.

Ukraine's Air Force said Russian forces launched 112 Shahed-type attack drones and decoy drones overnight.

U.S. President Donald Trump plans to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin as early as next week and intends to hold a trilateral meeting with President Volodymyr Zelensky and Putin shortly after, the New York Times (NYT) reported on Aug. 6.

The number includes 1,040 casualties Russian forces suffered just over the past day.

Ukraine's military launched a drone attack on Russia's Volgograd Oblast overnight on Aug. 7, striking a railway station in the town of Surovikino, regional Governor Andrei Bocharov reported.

Taylor Adam Lee, 22, of El Paso, Texas is alleged to have transmitted technical information about the M1A2 Abrams tank in June to a person he believed was a Russian intelligence officer in exchange for Russian citizenship.

President Volodymyr Zelensky voiced cautious optimism about progress in peace negotiations on Aug. 6, citing signs of a potential shift in Russia’s stance on its war in Ukraine following talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff.

U.S. President Donald Trump noted additional secondary sanctions will be imposed on Russia's trading partners, saying that "You are going to see a lot more... you are going to see so much secondary sanctions."