During today’s prisoner exchange, Ukraine brought home a soldier who had spent almost nine years in Russian captivity, having been held since 2017.

Deputy Defence Minister Mstyslav Banik said that the number of new 14-month contracts signed is several times higher than the figure previously cited by former Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksandr Syrskyi.

Drone operators from the 93rd Separate Mechanised Brigade "Kholodnyi Yar" spotted a group of Russian soldiers who had stopped near Donetsk entrance monument.

Russian occupation forces have advanced in the Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia regions.

Leading Ukrainian defence technology company TAF Industries and Danish company Upteko, which specialises in innovative drone technologies, signed a memorandum of intent during DALO Industry Days in Herning, Denmark.

Vasyl Bodnar, Ukraine’s Ambassador to Poland, has stated that for several months now he has been unsuccessfully seeking to obtain at least one permit for Ukrainian specialists to carry out exploration work on Polish territory.

There are no children left in the active combat zone in the Donetsk region, with the last children evacuated on 15 August.

Ukraine’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, Andrii Sybiha, described the closure by Hungarian law enforcement authorities of the case concerning the transport of Oschadbank’s funds and gold as "the predictable end to Viktor Orbán’s lies".

A total of 460 children remain in Kramatorsk and the Kramatorsk community in areas covered by the mandatory evacuation of families with children. They account for the overwhelming majority of minors who currently need to be evacuated from dangerous parts of the Donetsk region.

Today, 19 August, on World Humanitarian Day, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine joins in paying tribute to humanitarian workers, rescue workers, paramedics, volunteers and all those who have dedicated their lives to selflessly helping and supporting others.