Amy B. Zegart
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.
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Key developments on Aug. 7:
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 โฆ
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.
“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.
“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.
“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.
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 โKatyusha,โ according to Sova.
Ukraine’s debt securities, sensitive to prospects of an end to the Russia-Ukraine war, hit their highest levels in four months.
The comments reportedly came during a phone call on Aug. 6, just two days before U.S. President Donald Trump’s deadline for Russia to agree to a ceasefire or face harsher U.S. penalties.
“Yesterday (Aug. 6), various potential formats for leader-level meetings to bring peace were also discussed โ two bilateral and one trilateral,” President Volodymyr Zelensky said after a phone call with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz.
“The demilitarization of the temporarily occupied Crimea continues,” Ukraine’s military intelligence agency (HUR) said in a statement.
“No one else was harmed. The injured person has been hospitalized,” the police said on social media.
The slowdown reflects the limits of Russia’s war-fueled expansion, driven by military spending at the expense of civilian investment and private consumption.
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Preparations for the meeting are underway, and the venue has already been agreed upon, Russian foreign policy aide Yuri Ushakov said.
The official, who has not been publicly named, is accused of organizing a campaign of abuse against Ukrainian detainees, including civilians. Journalist Viktoriia Roshchyna, 27, was among the victims, prosecutors said.
“President (Donald) Trump has made it clear that he’s willing and capable of moving forward on some economic actions, secondary sanctions, or other direct sanctions as well,” U.S. State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce said.
