Ukraine joins NATO’s Cyber Defense Center as a contributing participant.

The number includes 940 casualties that Russian forces suffered over the past day.

Pro-Ukrainian demonstrators took to the streets in Anchorage, Alaska, on Aug. 14 ahead of a planned summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin the next day.

An oil refinery in Russia’s Samara Oblast caught fire following a drone attack on the facility overnight on Aug. 15, local media reported.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Russian Ambassador to the U.S. Alexander Darchiev have arrived in Alaska ahead of a planned Trump-Putin summit, Russian state media reported on Aug. 15.

Pro-Russian oligarch Viktor Medvedchuk and 12 of his accomplices have been charged for working with Russia to spread Moscow's interests, Ukraine's Security Service (SBU) announced on Aug. 14.

The Norwegian Police Security Service said the April attack targeted the Bremanger dam near the town of Svelgen, releasing 500 liters of water per second until it was detected and stopped.

Security arrangements follow strict reciprocity protocols, with each side matching the other’s personnel and resources — from motorcade composition to the number of translators and secure waiting rooms.

The U.S. Treasury Department has re-designated the Russian-linked cryptocurrency exchange Garantex Europe OU, accusing it of directly enabling ransomware gangs and other cybercriminals by processing over $100 million in illicit transactions since 2019.

Japanese authorities found that over 300 precision machine tools made by Tsugami Corp., sold to seven Chinese firms, had gone missing and were later used by Russia to produce weapons components.

"I believe now he's convinced that he's going to make a deal. He's going to make a deal. I think he's going to," U.S. President Donald Trump said.