Zelensky: 700,000 soldiers defending Ukraine now.

The revised cap replaces the static $60-per-barrel limit introduced by the G7 in December 2022.

Russian President Vladimir Putin met with U.S. President Donald Trump's special envoy, Steve Witkoff, in Moscow on Aug. 6 for high-level talks as Trump's deadline for a Ukraine deal draws near.

The detainees reportedly include former prisoners deported by Russia after completing their sentences and civilians expelled for opposing Moscow’s full-scale war against Ukraine.

The Amadea yacht, valued at more than $300 million, was seized from sanctioned Kremlin-linked Russian billionaire Suleiman Kerimov in April 2022.

The drills, expected to be held in mid-September, are among the largest in the Russia-Belarus military calendar.

Russia launched 45 Shahed-type attack drones and decoy drones against Ukraine overnight. Thirty-six were intercepted, while nine drones hit three different locations, the Air Force reported.

Conservative historian Karol Nawrocki was inaugurated as Poland's new president in a ceremony on Aug. 6 after securing a narrow election victory in June.

Despite the reversal of the controversial law that took away Ukraine's anti-corruption agencies' independence, the scandal appears to have damaged the president’s approval.

Oleksandr Tsyvinsky takes the reins of the Economic Security Bureau after the government controversially blocked his appointment on July 8, citing his estranged father's Russian citizenship as a security concern.

Ukraine's Prosecutor General's Office has opened a war crimes investigation, marking the third recorded case this year of Russian forces killing civilians in Donetsk Oblast.

The latest death brings the total number of people killed in the strike to 32. The attack is the deadliest Russian strike on the Ukrainian capital in 2025.

The meeting, expected to take place on Aug. 8, comes as part of U.S. President Donald Trump's broader push to assert the U.S. role in resolving global conflicts.

"The first package includes equipment, repairs, and technical support for M777 howitzers, valued at $104 million," Defense Minister Denys Shmyhal said.

The railway station, located roughly 100 kilometers (62 miles) from Ukraine's border, serves as a logistics hub for Russian military operations.

The number includes 1,010 casualties Russian forces suffered just over the past day.