Zelensky addresses European Parliamen

The Lithuanian exercise will involve about 350 personnel and 50 pieces of equipment, with simulated ammunition and pyrotechnics used throughout the drill.

A drone strike in Russia's Nizhny Novgorod Oblast targeting an aerospace plant killed one and injured two overnight on Aug. 11.

Dmitry Kozak, a deputy head of Russian President Vladimir Putin's administration, presented a plan to end hostilities alongside proposals for internal reforms, the New York Times reported, citing its sources.

Russian forces launched 71 Shahed-type attack drones and decoy drones against Ukraine overnight, the Air Force reported. Ukrainian air defenses intercepted 59 Russian drones, while 12 drones hit six different locations.

"It's terrible. At five o'clock, there was a huge explosion," a woman is heard saying in an alleged intercepted phone call released by Ukraine's military intelligence (HUR).

A planned meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin will be a test for the Kremlin leader, and Ukraine will be involved in upcoming peace efforts if the summit goes well, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said.

The number includes 1,000 casualties that Russian forces suffered just over the past day.

"On Aug. 8, while repelling an enemy infantry assault in the Zaporizhzhia direction, our brother-in-arms, David Chychkan, was gravely wounded. In the early morning of Aug. 9, his heart fell silent," the United Anti-Authoritarian Forces said.

Overnight on Aug. 8, Russian forces targeted a SOCAR oil depot in Odesa Oblast with five Shahed drones, igniting a fire and damaging a diesel pipeline. "These are deliberate attacks not only on these facilities, but also on our cooperation (with Azerbaijan)," Volodymyr Zelensky said.

As part of ongoing U.S.-Russia discussions, Putin told special envoy Steve Wikoff during an Aug. 6 meeting that Russia would agree to a full ceasefire if Kyiv withdrew its forces from Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts, granting Moscow full control of those partly occupied regions as well as Crimea.

Emergency workers are still searching for more victims who may be buried under the rubble. "The Russians terrorize our people and all of Ukraine every day," Zaporizhzhia Oblast Governor Ivan Fedorov said.

"We understand the Russians' intention to try to deceive America — we will not allow this," President Volodymyr Zelensky said in his evening address on Aug. 10.

"Maybe this works out, maybe it doesn't, but it's worth the effort," Vance said Trump told him ahead of the president's Aug. 15 meeting with Russia's Vladimir Putin.

The attack marks Kyiv's first confirmed drone strike in Russia's northwestern Komi Republic. The strike hit the Lukoil-Ukhta refinery, which supplies the Russian army with fuel.