Oleksii Yukov, head of the Platsdarm search group, was posthumously awarded the title of Hero of Ukraine. He was killed on 5 August 2026 while carrying out a combat mission to search for and recover the bodies of fallen Ukrainian service members.

In the village of Liutizh, Vyshhorod district, a 30-year-old man opened fire in a supermarket following a conflict with local residents. He fired two shots inside the store and another outside.

Ukrainian border guards do not check the Reserve+ mobile app or military registration documents of Ukrainian women when they leave Ukraine for EU countries.

On August 21, Russian forces struck an ordinary shopping mall in Kryvyi Rih. Attack drones struck in two waves.

A Ukrainian F-16 fighter jet flew through Polish territory on the evening of August 20 and likely headed to Vojens Air Base in Denmark. The reason for the flight is currently unknown.

Belarus has seen the launch of its first recruitment website in the country’s national domain zone openly offering citizens contracts with the Russian Defense Ministry to take part in the war against Ukraine. Belarusians are being promised tens of thousands of dollars in payments.

Law enforcement officers exposed two Rivne residents who, according to investigators, promised to have men liable for military service removed from the wanted list and secure them a deferment from mobilisation for $6,000. One of the suspects formerly headed a Territorial Centre of Recruitment...

Following the 20 August 2026 strike on Akhtubinsk airfield in Russia’s Astrakhan region, damage to a Su-34 aircraft and a fuel spill at the facility have been confirmed.

Ukraine’s Defense Intelligence said that North Korea had sent a new military contingent of 8,500 personnel to Russia.

A government of national unity should be formed, and representatives of all political forces should be brought together in the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC).