The package includes geographical maps intended to justify Russia’s territorial claims and ongoing military aggression, Ukraine’s Center for Countering Disinformation claimed.
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Putin to present Trump with 'historical materials' framing Ukraine as artificial state, Kyiv claims
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A German in the ranks of Ukraine: how “Sonechko” is fighting for our freedom
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A $15 billion deficit — Russia's economy is suffering a crushing collapse | In Focus
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Trump prefers talks over new Russia sanctions but has 'many measures' ready, White House says
“What comes after that meeting is up to President Trump,” White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told Fox News. “He wants to sit down and look the Russian president in the eyes and see what progress can be made."
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India shifts oil purchases away from Russia before Trump-Putin Alaska meeting, Bloomberg reports
This week, state companies Indian Oil Corp. and Bharat Petroleum Corp. secured supplies from the United States, Brazil, and Middle Eastern producers for September-October delivery, Bloomberg reported.
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Beyond Ukraine, Putin wants Poland on the agenda in talks with Trump, Tusk says
Russian President Vladimir Putin plans to broaden the scope of upcoming talks with the U.S. beyond the war in Ukraine, Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk said.
Tusk told reporters that Moscow intends to raise the reduction of NATO troop presence in …
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🇺🇦Ukraine brings prisoners home! 84 people! #shorts
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Ukraine brings home 84 POWs from Russian captivity, including people imprisoned since 2014
UKRAINE, Aug 14 — On August 14, Ukraine and Russia conducted the prisoners of war exchange. 84 people, both military personnel and civilians, returned home, some of them were imprisoned since 2014, 2016, and 2017, said President Volodymyr Zelenskyy …
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Belarusian plant supplying capacitors for Russian long-range missiles remains off EU and U.S. sanctions lists
Since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine through March 2025, the Vitebsk Radio Components Plant “Monolit” supplied the Russian company Spets-Elektronkomplekt with capacitors and other parts for military equipment worth more than $40 million. The …
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Russia may be preparing to test nuclear-powered missile ahead of Trump talks, Reuters reports
Planet Labs imagery showed stacks of shipping containers, cranes, and a helicopter at the launch site, as well as two radar-equipped aircraft parked at Rogachevo military airfield since mid-July, Reuters reported.
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84 Ukrainians return from Russian captivity in latest prisoner swap — some held since 2014
Ukraine has secured the return of 84 soldiers and civilians from Russian captivity in a fresh prisoner swap with Moscow, President Volodymyr Zelensky announced on Aug. 14.
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July saw highest civilian casualties in Ukraine since 2022, UN says ahead of Trump-Putin summit
“Only the first three months after the Russian Federation launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine saw more killed and injured than in this past month,” said Danielle Bell, head of the U.N. human rights monitoring mission in Ukraine.
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Lavrov to accompany Putin for talks with Trump in Alaska
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will accompany President Vladimir Putin to Alaska for a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump, Alexey Fadeev, deputy director of the Information and Press Department at Russia’s Foreign Ministry, said at a …
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Russia unveils delegation, schedule for Putin-Trump Alaska meeting
The Russian delegation will include Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, presidential aide Yuri Ushakov, Defense Minister Andrei Belousov, Finance Minister Anton Siluanov, and Russian Direct Investment Fund head Kirill Dmitriev.
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Germany to fund $500 million aid package for Ukraine
Germany will finance one of the first comprehensive aid packages for Kyiv totaling up to $500 million (€427 million) under the Prioritised Ukraine Requirements List (PURL) mechanism.
The announcement was made on Wednesday, August 13, by Germany’s …
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Ukraine Reforms Tracker Weekly — Issue 35
Editor’s note: This is issue 35 of Ukrainian lawmaker Yaroslav Zhelezniak’s weekly "Ukraine Reforms Tracker" covering events from July 30–Aug. 12, 2025. The digest highlights steps taken in the Ukrainian parliament related to business, economics, and …
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Drone reportedly hits apartment building in Russia's Rostov-on-Don, officials say 13 injured
Residents heard the sound of an incoming drone before an explosion, Telegram channels reported. The blast occurred in the city center near Voroshilovsky Avenue, according to the independent Russian Telegram channel Astra.
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'Outrageous'— Hungary condemns Ukrainian drone strike on Russia's Druzhba pipeline
Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto accused Ukraine of “endangering Hungary’s energy supply” and called on Kyiv to halt attacks on energy infrastructure serving Hungary.
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Russian attacks kill at least 8, injure 18 across Ukraine over past day
Ukraine’s Air Force said Russia launched 45 Shahed-type drones, other UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles), and two S-300/400 missiles overnight from several directions.
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Poland detains Ukrainian teen accused of vandalizing monuments on Russia's behalf
The teenager allegedly vandalized monuments to victims of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA), including one in Domostawa, and defaced public buildings with anti-Polish slogans, Polish Interior Minister Tomasz Siemoniak said.
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Zelensky to reportedly meet Starmer in UK after call with Trump
President Volodymyr Zelensky will meet British Prime Minister Keir Starmer at the latter’s residence in Downing Street on Aug. 14, Sky News reported, citing Starmer’s office.
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Russia has lost 1,067,100 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022
The number includes 990 casualties Russian forces suffered just over the past day.
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Ukrainian forces receive 1,000 FPV drones in first rapid deliveries via pilot weapons marketplace
Deliveries via the new DOT Chain Defense marketplace were four times shorter than the standard procurement procedure, according to Ukraine’s Defense Procurement Agency.
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Ukrainian drones strike Russia’s Volgograd, igniting fires and causing oil spill at LUKOIL refinery
Ukraine launched a mass drone attack on Russia’s Volgograd region overnight on August 14, with an oil refinery in Volgograd among the targets. The strike triggered a spill of petroleum products and ignited fires.
The facility hit was likely the …
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Drone attack sparks blaze at oil refinery in Russia's Volgograd, Russian official says
“As a result of falling debris, oil products spilled and caught fire at the Volgograd Oil Refinery,” regional Governor Andrey Bocharov claimed on Aug. 14.
