During a call on Aug. 1, President Volodymyr Zelensky asked his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron to help release the EU’s second tranche of macro-financial assistance to Ukraine worth 8 billion euros ($8.2 billion). Earlier, European Commission spokesperson Arianna Podesta said there are currently not enough funds to provide Ukraine with the second tranche.
The revision marks the steepest downgrade among major economies in the Fund's report.
The ruling represents a significant win for PrivatBank, which has pursued the case in English courts since 2017 following the bank's nationalization.
President Volodymyr Zelensky signed a law on July 30 enabling sanctions against vessels and aircraft involved in covert Russian schemes to transport oil, weapons, and military personnel.
The most common method of deployment involves first-person view (FPV) drones dropping chemical munitions directly onto Ukrainian defensive positions, Ukraine's Security Service said.
As part of the operation, Ukrainian cyber specialists gained access to servers belonging to the Russian occupation administration of Crimea, Ukraine's military intelligence agency (HUR) claims.
Olena Duma announced on July 30 that she is submitting her resignation as head of the Asset Recovery and Management Agency (ARMA), as the law reforming the body enters into force.
Nayara, partly owned by Russian oil giant Rosneft, has increasingly come under pressure since the EU adopted its 18th sanctions package on July 18.
"People gathered together to receive humanitarian aid – at that moment, Russian terrorists struck with multiple rocket launchers," the State Emergency Service of Ukraine reported.
Ukraine's Air Force said Russia launched 78 Shahed-type attack drones and decoy drones overnight.
"I don't know if it’s gonna affect Russia, because he (Russian President Vladimir Putin) wants to obviously probably keep the war going, but we're gonna put tariffs and various things," U.S. President Donald Trump said.
"We have a lot of people that came in from Ukraine, and we're working with them," U.S. President Donald Trump said.
"I think anyone who buys sanctioned Russian oil should be ready for this," U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said.
An 8.8 magnitude earthquake near the Russian peninsula of Kamchatka on July 30 triggered tsunami waves in Russia's Far East, prompting evacuations in Japan and Hawaii and warnings across the Pacific Ocean.
The number includes 890 casualties Russian forces suffered just over the past day.
Moldovan President Maia Sandu said her country's path toward European Union integration can only continue if her pro-EU Party of Action and Solidarity (PAS) secures a parliamentary majority in the upcoming elections.
