Road safety has long been a matter of national security. The President of Ukraine has instructed the National Security and Defense Council to strengthen the coordination of the government’s efforts in this area.

The first two specialised "VARTA 2" MRAP-class armoured vehicles, manufactured by "Ukrainian Armour", have been handed over to the 2nd Corps of the National Guard of Ukraine, "Khartiia", and to another unit of the National Guard of Ukraine.

The High Anti-Corruption Court is considering a preventive measure for former MP Maksym Mykytas, who is implicated in the "Forrest Gump" case.

On the night of August 21, the Ukrainian Defense Forces struck the "Lukoil-Permnefteorgsintez" oil refinery, located more than 1,500 km from the Ukrainian border, and the "Marinovka" airfield.

Court documents and recordings released by NABU indicate that Iryna Mudra, deputy head of the Office of the President, may have influenced a decision by the Ministry of Justice in the interests of former MP Maksym Mykytas.

In Volochysk, law enforcement officers shut down an illegal gambling den that had been set up in the basement of a residential building. According to the investigation, the illegal business was organised by a 63-year-old local woman.

The capital’s police have commented on the arrest of a man, which was accidentally filmed by foreign journalists in Kyiv.

A Russian military intelligence (GRU) agent—the commander of a National Guard special operations unit—was detained in the Odesa region.

Russian companies are increasingly forced to defend their facilities against drone attacks on their own. In the first half of 2026 alone, the Russian commercial sector increased its purchases of countermeasures against UAVs by a factor of 6.6 compared to the same period last year.

In certain corruption cases, bail has ceased to be merely a precautionary measure and has become a tool of the criminal economy.