Russian occupiers struck Kramatorsk with aerial bombs, injuring three civilians, including a child.

Ukraine has been included among the countries to which Bulgaria plans to prioritise the provision of official development assistance. This policy is laid out in the Bulgarian government’s programme for 2026–2030.

Police officers who were part of a notification group in Kropyvnytskyi may have used force against a taxi driver and his female passenger without justification.

On the afternoon of 18 August, residents of Troieshchyna experienced an emergency power outage. Energy workers are already working to repair the fault.

Ukrainian UAV units now have access to high-tech satellite imagery, which provides information on the movements and locations of troops in near real time.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has submitted nominations to the Verkhovna Rada for the posts of defence minister and foreign minister.

Following the deaths of 10 people as a result of a Russian missile strike on Pechenihy in the Kharkiv region, Estonia’s Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna called on international partners not only to condemn Russia’s actions, but also to step up pressure on the Kremlin.

Ukrainian pilots have set new records for the altitude at which Russian UAVs were shot down using high-speed Sting interceptor drones.

Belgium is prepared to consider using frozen Russian assets for the benefit of Ukraine, provided that all EU countries jointly assume the legal, financial and systemic risks associated with such a decision.

Russian occupiers attacked an industrial facility in Kryvyi Rih, Dnipropetrovsk region, with a jet-powered UAV.