Berlin wants ‘business as usual with Moscow’, warns diplomat as it resists crackdown on free movement of potential saboteurs across Europe

On Ukraine's Independence Day, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy revealed the country's latest military innovation - the "Palianytsia" missile-drone, that has been already successfully used against Russian forces.

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The U.S. Treasury Department imposed sanctions on around a dozen distinct networks, designating more than 100 targets across 16 jurisdictions, including China, Switzerland, Turkey, and the United Arab Emirates. They help Russia to evade sanctions, the Treasury said.

The Norwegian government will provide Kyiv with its defense technology and finance the production of 155-millimeter artillery shells developed by the Nammo (Nordic Ammunition Company) in Ukraine, according to its Aug. 23 statement.

Conro Trader boat downed at Kavkaz port in the Kerch Strait as authorities report 30 fuel tankers being aboard at the time of the attack

The FBI earlier this month searched the homes of two Americans with ties to Russian state media, including a former United Nations weapons inspector and an adviser to Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's 2016 campaign.

"The main aim of the operation was to bring down the offensive potential of the 20th Army of the Russian Federation. At the moment, this task has been accomplished," Brigade Commander Andrii Biletskyi said.

The Lyut 2.0 is now being used on the front line, providing fire support for infantry and reconnaissance roles, Kyiv reveals

The goal of Russia's new operations is to convince people who left Ukraine because of the war not to return, according to Ukraine's military intelligence agency (HUR).

Although Russian authorities linked the problems to a cyberattack, the news follows a string of cases of the Russian government restricting the Signal messaging app and reportedly targeting YouTube.

The Kremlin expects a "quite optimistic" scenario of several months of fighting to regain the territory, and efforts now are aimed at placating the Russian population and getting them used to this timeline.

Kremlin rule change means unwilling one-year conscripts can now be sent into combat

In response, Ukrainian Catholic University's TEDx organizers severed their cooperation with TED over censorship.

Tech giant seeks to stop a global legal battle over the channel’s removal from YouTube

As part of the Ocheret (Reeds -Ed.) special operation, the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine lured a Russian military to its side and blew up the Storm Z headquarters with officers with his own hands

The European Union has officially tasked Czechia to use revenues from frozen Russian assets to fund the next ammunition supply for Ukraine, Czech Defence Minister Jana Černochová said on Tuesday (20 August).

Wilmer Puello-Mota was due in court when he fled the US to join war against Ukraine

Eric Schmidt launches AI defense startup to aid Ukraine.

This is the third IRIS-T SLS battery Germany has delivered to Ukraine. The SLS is a short-range variant with an operational range of 12 kilometers (7.5 miles).

Scholz added that a significant portion of funding for Ukraine's weapons procurement will come through a €50 billion loan as part of the G7 initiative, to be repaid using interest from frozen Russian assets.

Last major crossing on this part of front in Kursk region hit overnight as Ukraine aims to expand ‘buffer zone’

''We are taking measures so that Ukraine can gain access to newly produced defense equipment,'' says Defense Minister Pal Jonson of Sweden.

Machines can conduct reconnaissance missions and deliver medicines to soldiers on front line

"The only way to stop the glide bombs is to hit the air bases used by those Russian planes; and the only way to hit those bases is to use the Western kit they already have," he said.

Ukrainian forces destroyed a bridge over the Seim River in Glushkovo, a village in Russia's Kursk Oblast, Roman Alyokhin, an advisor to Kursk Oblast's acting governor and a Russian pro-war blogger, claimed on Aug. 16.

Suppliers of bread, dairy, chocolate and beer in Russia have informed retailers of impending price increases of up to 40% over the next month, the business daily Kommersant reported Thursday, citing p...

The office has been created "on the territories controlled by Ukraine", says its top military chief.

Ukrainian forces make significant advances in Russia's Kursk Oblast, employing clever tactics to delay Russian reinforcements, including sabotage, ambushes, and precision strikes to disrupt Russian logistics, while continuing to push deeper into enemy territory and capturing key settlements.

Margarita Simonyan, one of Russia's foremost propagandists, has gone AWOL. "She's vanished from view," Julia Davis, creator of the Russian Media Monitor, told the Kyiv Independent, adding: "She's barely posting on social media and she's not appearing on state TV." "That's probably because they haven't come up with a good

The fastest way to move troops across the battlefield is getting a lot more dangerous

The Pentagon is already working through fixes to allow Ukraine to launch the weapons from its fighter planes.

"Don't kill our kids," the mother of a young soldier pleads as Russian conscripts are reported killed and taken prisoner in the region of Kursk.

On the ground in Sumy, near the border, Askold Krushelnycky hears Kyiv’s objectives for the incursion into Russia’s Kursk region – and how the success of the surprise operation has given forces ‘a new swagger’

The position has changed, but there’s been no change in the position

The recent delivery of Belarusian military equipment is related to "an urgent request from the Russian side" due to losses and a lack of equipment in the Kursk Oblast and other areas, Belnovosti said, citing an undisclosed source in the Belarusian Defense Ministry.

"I would like to thank all our soldiers who replenish the exchange fund. It is very important for our country," Zelensky said in his evening address.

The Russian authorities have launched a classified criminal case against a major general from the army’s 6th Motorized Rifle Division and his subordinate officers for allegedly imprisoning, torturing, and murdering soldiers in their unit. The case was first reported by journalists from the Ukrainian public broadcaster Suspilne who say they obtained information about it from a source in the Russian Investigative Committee. In English, Meduza shares a summary of Suspilne’s findings.

Two US Senators call on the Biden Administration to lift restrictions on using US-supplied weapons in Russia, and endorse enlisting retired NATO F-16 pilots for Ukraine's Air Forc

Moscow and Pyongyang have a wide-ranging deal covering sectors including education, agriculture and tourism.

"What do I think about Kursk? Bold, brilliant, beautiful. Keep it up," U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham told the reporters in Kyiv.

Ukraine will receive the first locally-produced Lynx infantry fighting vehicle from Rheinmetall by the end of this year.

While thousands have had to flee their homes, there is widespread feeling that the attack is a justified defence

Russian leader Vladimir Putin has described the cross-border offensive as a "major provocation".

Volodymyr Zelensky said Russia ‘must be held accountable’ for the provocation

Christopher Steele says officials will ‘look very carefully’ at online instigators such as Tommy Robinson

Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance groups entered the territory of the Belovsky district in Russia's Kursk region overnight on Aug. 11, head of the district, Nikolai Volobuev, claimed. According to Volobuev, the group's appearance created "a lot of panic."

Strategic push into enemy territory is a blow to morale and a Kremlin that has held tight rein on propaganda at home

A sweeping investigation has revealed that senior officials from Ukraine's Ministry of Defense and other key agencies were involved in a scheme to misappropriate funds earmarked for the military, leading to numerous arrests and ongoing criminal proceedings.

Russia is on track for an intense economic slowdown due to significant labor shortages and constraints placed on the key sectors that backed growth until now, Bloomberg reported on Aug. 9.