President Volodymyr Zelenskyy thanked the members of parliament for appointing the new heads of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Defense.

The Verkhovna Rada has approved the appointment of Yevhen Khmara as Ukraine’s Minister of Defence.

Today, 19 August 2026, another prisoner exchange took place between Ukraine and the Russian Federation.

The Deputy Head of the President’s Office discussed the "future fate" should the Head of the Specialised Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office, Oleksandr Klymenko, remain in office for another term.

Iryna Mudra, Deputy Head of the President’s Office, has been dismissed from her post.

The Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs is pursuing a course of "maximum pragmatism and cost-effectiveness in foreign policy."

Those involved in the ‘Forrest Gump’ case discussed setting bail for one of the suspects in the ‘Midas’ case.

Those involved in Operation "Forrest Gump" discussed taking control of the state-owned "Sense Bank."

Power outages have been reported in four regions of Ukraine as a result of Russian shelling of energy infrastructure; there are also outages due to severe weather.

The Verkhovna Rada approved the appointment of Andrii Sybiha as Ukraine's Minister of Foreign Affairs.