U.S. President Donald Trump has begun a bilateral meeting with Russian leader Vladimir Putin at Elmendorf-Richardson Air Force Base in Anchorage, Alaska.
In Sumy, a Russian drone strike on the central market on Friday evening resulted in the destruction and damage of approximately twenty market stalls, and left one woman injured.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and White House Special Envoy Steve Witkoff will attend the bilateral meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
In the Pokrovsk sector, the 1st Azov Corps of the National Guard of Ukraine, together with adjacent and subordinate units, cleared the villages of Hruzke, Rubizhne, Novovodiane, Petrivka, Vesele, and Zolotyi Kolodiaz of Russian invaders.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha and UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy held a meaningful discussion focused on securing a just and lasting peace for Ukraine.
U.S. President Donald Trump said he hopes to achieve an immediate ceasefire in Ukraine during his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, though he acknowledged uncertainty about the outcome.
President Volodymyr Zelensky stated that the Defense Forces are clearing the positions in the Dobropillia area of occupiers. The Russian Federation intended to demonstrate its strength before the negotiations in Alaska, but for the occupiers, this will result in destruction.
The OSCE Secretariat is trying to avoid showing the real nature of Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine and is very shy about using the term “Russian aggression against Ukraine.”
The Norwegian government announced on Friday that it will provide Ukraine with 1 billion kroner ($98.29 million) to import natural gas and ensure sufficient supplies ahead of the winter season.
In Sviatohirsk, Donetsk region, two police officers were killed in a Russian shelling attack while on duty — Captain Roman Penkov and Senior Sergeant Valentyn Havrysh.
U.S. President Donald Trump confirmed that the issue of a land swap is on the agenda for his meeting with Russian leader Vladimir Putin in Anchorage, in the context of resolving Russia's war against Ukraine.
Issues related to the frontline, funding for Ukraine's Defense Forces, and Russia's intentions ahead of the upcoming meeting in Alaska were discussed at a meeting of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief's Staff.
Part of the 110,000 Russian troops deployed in the Pokrovsk sector have been eliminated, but the enemy continues to bring in reinforcements, according to Viktor Trehubov, spokesperson for the Dnipro Operational and Strategic Group of Forces.
The U.S. Agency for International Development failed to monitor whether Ukraine misused thousands of Starlink terminals the agency delivered to the country after Russia's invasion in 2022, according to an inspector general's report.
UK Defence Secretary John Healey has said that the meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin "could be the first step" towards peace, and assured that the UK is prepared to send troops to Ukraine immediately following a ceasefire agreement.
Ukrainian Defense Minister Denys Shmyhal and Canadian Ambassador to Ukraine Natalka Cmoc discussed potential Canadian support for Ukraine’s production of long-range drones.
An explosion at the gunpowder workshop of the Elastik factory in Russia’s Ryazan region, Shilovsky district, has left multiple people dead and injured.
The Kharkiv Regional Defense Council has ordered the forced evacuation of families with children from the village of Odnorobivka, located in the Zolochiv community of Bohodukhiv district, due to escalating security concerns.
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has confirmed successful strikes on two strategic targets: the Syzran oil refinery in Russia and a Russian military command post in the temporarily occupied city of Yenakiieve, Donetsk region.
Russian forces launched a ballistic missile strike overnight on a village in the Koriukivka community of Chernihiv region, causing damage to an agricultural enterprise and several residential homes.
Russia will try to use the meeting between US President Donald Trump and Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin to build closer ties with the US and at the same time create additional tension between America and Europe.
Ukrainian defenders engaged in 149 combat clashes with Russian invading forces across various fronts over the past day, repelling numerous enemy attacks.
Units of the Ukrainian Special Operations Forces, in coordination with other branches of the Defense Forces, carried out a strike on the port of Olya in Russia's Astrakhan region.
Russia suffered approximately 1,068,040 casualties in Ukraine between February 24, 2022 and August 15, 2025, with 940 soldiers killed or wounded in the past 24 hours.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres welcomes high-level dialogue between two permanent members of the Security Council – the United States and Russia – but stresses the need for an immediate ceasefire in Ukraine.
European partners expect that following his meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump in Alaska, Russian leader Vladimir Putin will begin negotiations with Ukraine on ending the war without preconditions.
The stance of Ukraine and its partners on the path to peace is principle and clear: it cannot be defined without Ukraine, and negotiations can only be productive after a ceasefire is achieved.
After nearly eight years of imprisonment in Russia on charges of “espionage,” Alexander Shelest, a computer science professor at Donetsk National Technical University, has returned to Ukraine.
In the first half of 2025, Ukraine exported goods worth USD 20.0 billion — a 4.2% decrease compared to January–June of the previous year. Imports during the same period totaled USD 38.6 billion.
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