Russian forces attacked a gas station in one of Kharkiv’s districts with a drone.

During the air raid alert in the capital, explosions were heard—the enemy launched ballistic missile strikes, and damage was reported in several districts.

During the latest prisoner exchange, Verkhovna Rada Human Rights Commissioner Dmytro Lubinets discussed with his Russian counterpart, Yana Lantratova, the idea of establishing a monitoring group involving ombudsmen from other countries.

There are still 78,300 civilians in the Kramatorsk and Sloviansk municipal communities in Donetsk region.

The counterintelligence unit of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has detained two Russian agents who attempted to carry out an act of sabotage at an energy facility in Chernivtsi.

In the Nikopol District of Dnipropetrovsk region, 45 kilometers of roads have already been covered with anti-drone nets.

In total, 9,716 Ukrainians have returned home from Russian captivity since February 24, 2022.

Switzerland will extend temporary protection status (Status S) for Ukrainians who fled the country following Russia's full-scale invasion until March 4, 2028, while tightening the rules for obtaining the status.

Partisans have weakened the command and control system of Russian forces in the Kursk sector.

The Ukrainian Defense Ministry's Main Intelligence Directorate (HUR) and the Center for Countering Disinformation (CCD) at the National Security and Defense Council have published information on six Russian public figures who support Russia's armed aggression and are directly involved in the Kremlin's information war against Ukraine.

Russian forces attacked the Dnipropetrovsk region's Nikopol district more than 20 times on Wednesday using drones and artillery, damaging an administrative building and an enterprise and injuring one person.

A Ukrainian serviceman from the Ivano-Frankivsk region, Mykhailo Nahorniak, who had been considered missing in action for more than a year, returned from Russian captivity in a prisoner exchange on Wednesday, August 19.

Russian forces have shelled the city of Sloviansk in the Donetsk region with a Tornado-S multiple rocket launcher system, killing one person and injuring three others.

A total of 503 children remain in settlements in the Donetsk region where the mandatory evacuation of families with children is ongoing.

More than 40 people were injured in a Russian attack involving jet-powered drones on Zhytomyr, while two police officers were killed.

Ukraine is preparing the next stage of prisoner exchanges, as well as a new package of sanctions.

The key tasks for Ukraine's new defense minister are to streamline the country's defense production, procurement and military supply systems, as well as expand the scope of long-range strike capabilities.

Russian forces killed six civilians and injured 12 others in Kherson region as od 17:00 on Wednesday, August 19.

The National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) is conducting investigative actions with Iryna Mudra, former Deputy Head of the Office of the President.

In Kyiv, State Emergency Service bomb disposal experts used a robotic system to destroy a cluster munition from a missile warhead.

A Russian drone struck a team of medical workers who had arrived at a call in Kherson's Korabelnyi district on August 19, injuring two women.

Hungary's National Tax and Customs Administration (NAV) has closed a money laundering investigation involving Ukrainian cash couriers from Oschadbank due to a lack of evidence of a crime.

The German government will provide EUR 50 million to restore the New Safe Confinement (NSC) at the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant, which was damaged by a Russian drone.

In Zhytomyr, two police officers were killed and at least 20 people were injured as a result of a Russian attack on the afternoon of August 19.

Russian forces have once again attacked public transportation in Kherson’s Korabelny District, while in the Dniprovsky District, an enemy drone struck a woman, who died at the scene.

During today’s prisoner exchange, Oleh Verves, a 56-year-old father of four from the village of Zarubyntsi in Zhytomyr region, returned from Russian captivity after spending more than two years in captivity.

In Kherson, the Assumption Cathedral and the Greek-Sophia Church were damaged as a result of Russian artillery shelling.

On the night of August 19, the Ukrainian Defense Forces struck three UAV depots, command and control centers, a bridge, and other key Russian targets in the temporarily occupied territories of the Zaporizhzhia, Kherson, Donetsk, and Luhansk regions, as well as in the temporarily occupied Crimea.

In Zhytomyr, during an attack by Russian jet drones, a strike was recorded on the building of the National Police Regional Headquarters.

Among the Ukrainian servicemen who returned on August 19 from Russian captivity is 29-year-old Vadym Serhiychuk from the village of Kovalenky in the Liubar community of Zhytomyr region.

The Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) has released exclusive footage of the return home of the defenders who were freed from Russian captivity as a result of an exchange on Wednesday, August 19.

Activists rallying in Mariinsky Park to demand the reinstatement of Mykhailo Fedorov as defense minister reacted negatively to the news of Yevhen Khmara’s appointment as head of the Ministry of Defense.

The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces has provided additional details about the August 15 strikes on the Progress Rocket and Space Center and Aviakor – Aviation Plant JSC in Samara, Russia.

The Russian army attacked Zaporizhzhia with strike drones overnight, destroying a hostel, a shopping center and market stalls at the city's central market.

The Verkhovna Rada has approved President Volodymyr Zelensky's nomination of Yevhenii Khmara as Ukraine's defense minister.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has dismissed Iryna Mudra from her position as Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that 103 Ukrainian military personnel had been released from Russian captivity.

Ukraine must seize the strategic initiative on land, at sea, in the air and in the information space. To achieve this, it must strengthen its armed forces, develop human capital and expand its defense industry.

The Verkhovna Rada has appointed Andrii Sybiha as Ukraine's foreign minister.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, following a Russian attack on a minibus in Kherson, called on Ukraine's partners to increase pressure on the aggressor state.

A fire broke out at an oil refinery in the Russian city of Ufa following an overnight drone attack.

Detectives from the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) have found documents containing a crisis communications plan regarding the activities of a temporary investigative commission of the Verkhovna Rada during searches conducted as part of Operation "Forrest Gump."

Sofia is ready to hold consultations with Kyiv on ways to increase the volume of natural gas transited through Bulgarian territory to Ukraine.

The National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) has released audio recordings as part of a case allegedly involving members of parliament and senior officials from the Office of the President of Ukraine.

A Russian drone attacked a minibus in Kherson, killing four people and injuring five others.

Two people were killed and four others injured in Kyiv's Solomianskyi district after a car collided with a minibus and crashed into a public transport stop. The driver has been detained.

Detectives from the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) are conducting investigative actions involving Iryna Mudra, Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, a well-informed source has told Ukrinform.

Over the past 24 hours, on August 18, the Russian army killed one resident of the Donetsk region and wounded four others.

Air defense forces shot down 56 drones and two “Banderole” loitering munitions used by Russian invaders to attack Ukraine beginning on the evening of August 18.

Over the past 24 hours, on August 18, 239 combat engagements between the Ukrainian Defense Forces and Russian invaders were recorded on the front lines, with the highest number occurring in the Kostiantynivka sector.