Today, 13 August, as a result of repatriation efforts, the bodies of 261 fallen persons were returned to Ukraine. According to the Russian side, they belonged to Ukrainian service members.

The Ukrainian Defense Forces struck the control tower at the airfield "Saki" in Novofedorivka and a relay station used to control attack UAVs near Chornomorsk.

Around half of the European Union’s territory has been affected by abnormal heat and record-breaking drought.

On the night of August 13, the Ukrainian Defense Forces struck the "Gazprom Neftekhim Salavat" oil refinery complex in the city of Salavat.

The temporarily occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant has already experienced 26 blackouts since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, 14 of which occurred in just the first eight months of 2026.

In the Kyiv region, law enforcement officers have uncovered a large-scale corruption scheme involving the illegal granting of deferrals from conscription through private educational institutions.

Following the Russian Federation’s strike on a locomotive in the Odesa region, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has once again called for the strengthening of air defence and increased pressure on Russia.

The oil refinery in Orsk has halted operations following drone strikes. It may take up to 6 months to restore the infrastructure.

A network of Russian military intelligence agents who were spying on F-16 and Mirage 2000 fighter jets has been uncovered.

The SSU’s counterintelligence detained two more members of an FSB agent network that helped direct Russian strikes on Dnipro. They were identified as the mother and brother of a Russian agent exposed by the SBU in June.