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August 8, 2025 2:15pm

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“There is hope for this. Today is the deadline for the ultimatum,” Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said at a news conference.

August 8, 2025 1:52pm

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The crude mixed with organic chloride, which was transported through Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Turkey, could have seriously corroded infrastructure at OMV Petrom’s Petrobrazi refinery, potentially triggering a national fuel crisis, G4Media reported.

August 8, 2025 12:27pm

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Barrels of Russia’s Urals oil are now being offered at a discount to both state-owned and private Chinese refineries, Bloomberg reported.

August 8, 2025 11:42am

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Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi said first-person-view (FPV) drones and night bombers were responsible for most of the hits.

August 8, 2025 11:17am

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At the same time, five Ukrainian clubs have not received similar payments due to restrictions by a Swiss bank, allegedly because they are located in a “zone of military operations,” the Guardian reported.

August 8, 2025 10:45am

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The deficit jumped by 1.2 trillion rubles ($15 billion) last month alone, “mainly due to a decline in the average price of oil,” the Russian Finance Ministry said.

August 8, 2025 9:07am

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According to Ukraine’s Air Force, Russian forces launched 104 Shahed-type attack drones, decoy drones, and eight rocket-powered kamikaze drones overnight.

August 8, 2025 8:23am

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Russia’s Defense Ministry reportedly demanded cash payments for security services, marking a sharp departure from previous arrangements under Wagner that involved compensation with natural resources.

August 8, 2025 7:13am

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The number includes 1,040 casualties Russian forces suffered just over the past day.

August 8, 2025 5:52am

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Approximately 1.2 million civilians have been evacuated from their permanent residences in the Ukrainian-controlled territory of Donetsk Oblast.

August 8, 2025 3:22am

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Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev are scheduled to join U.S. President Donald Trump for an “official Peace Signing Ceremony” on Aug. 8.

August 8, 2025 12:08am

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U.S. President Donald Trump said the ceasefire deadline he set for Russia — scheduled for Aug. 8 — now depends on Vladimir Putin. “We’re going to see what he has to say. It’s going to be up to him,” Trump told reporters on Aug. 7.

August 7, 2025 9:19pm

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In response to Russia's latest barbaric attack on July 30, which killed at least 32 civilians in Kyiv, President Donald Trump again threatened to extend sanctions to those who enable the war effort.

This is undoubtedly one way to ramp up pressure on Russia, but there are other

August 7, 2025 9:08pm

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Key developments on Aug. 7:

• Putin, Trump to meet in coming days, Moscow says as US sanctions deadline draws near
• Trump reportedly tells European allies, Zelensky that Putin open to land-swap talks
• Ukrainian drones strike Russian oil refinery in Krasnodar Krai, military confirms
• Inflicting "serious losses," Ukraine strikes

August 7, 2025 8:38pm

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After facing police discrimination as a Black woman in the U.S., Francine Villa decided to return to her birth country, Russia, in 2019, searching for the safety America had denied her.

A year later, she appeared in a Russian propaganda documentary “Black in the USSR,” saying that

August 7, 2025 8:27pm

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Ukrainian law enforcement detained two minors recruited by Russia who carried out a terrorist attack in Zhytomyr city earlier this week, killing one man and seriously injuring another, the Security Service of Ukraine announced on Aug. 7.

August 7, 2025 5:58pm

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“This step will help ensure transparency and legality in the work of enlistment offices' teams, as well as protect the rights of both sides,” Defense Minister Denys Shmyhal said.

August 7, 2025 5:43pm

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“As in May 2025, the only plan that can be the subject of discussions and approval by the Ukrainian public is a joint plan from Europe and Ukraine,” the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology read.

August 7, 2025 3:26pm

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“Parents of some of them were killed by occupation authorities, others were simply issued Russian identification documents to legitimize their abduction,” said Mykola Kuleba, head of the Save Ukraine organization.

August 7, 2025 2:55pm

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Members of the Russian Community reportedly arrived at the cemetery in Russia’s Karelia region before the ceremony on Aug. 5 and doused participants with water while singing the patriotic Soviet song “Katyusha,” according to Sova.