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A man was killed at a beach about 60 kilometers south of the port city of Odesa, while another man and a woman were killed at a beach in Zatoka, further south, according to local authorities.
A high-profile meeting in Moscow between U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff and Russian President Vladimir Putin, a burgeoning humanitarian crisis in the battered Ukrainian city of Kherson and U.S President Trump and Putin to meet in Alaska to discuss …
One White House official told CNN that anything with Zelensky’s involvement would likely be scheduled after Trump’s meeting with Putin.

The General Staff’s statement comes as Russia continues to try advancing deeper into Sumy Oblast more than two months after opening a new front in the northeast.

Russia has lost around 1,063,240 troops in Ukraine since the beginning of its full-scale invasion on Feb. 24, 2022, the General Staff of Ukraine's Armed Forces reported on Aug. 10.
The number includes 950 casualties Russian forces suffered just over …
Drones attacked an oil refinery in Saratov on Aug. 10, sparking a large fire and explosions, according to local reports.

The White House is considering inviting President Volodymyr Zelensky to peace talks in Alaska on Aug. 15, the same day U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin are set to meet.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko appear to have renewed their efforts to institute a migrant crisis within the EU with the assistance of Libyan warlord Khalifa Haftar, the Telegraph reported on Aug. 9.

President Volodymyr Zelensky in his evening address on Aug. 9 rebuked Russian President Vladimir Putin’s proposal for Kyiv to cede Ukrainian territory to end Russia’s war, warning that a lack of a “genuine peace” may give …
European leaders reiterated their support for Ukraine’s territorial integrity on Aug. 9 after Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed to the U.S. a ceasefire plan that involves halting hostilities in exchange for Kyiv ceding its eastern …
As a result of the attack, five people were hospitalized with shrapnel wounds. The status of the injured victims was not immediately provided.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky declared that the territorial issues are already enshrined in the Ukrainian Constitution, making it impossible to concede, as Russia's attempts to claim the land will not be entertained.
In a move to address the …
Ukrainian and European officials rejected Russian President Vladimir Putin’s proposal for a ceasefire in exchange for Kyiv to cede its eastern territories to Russia, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported on Aug. 9.
