President Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukraine has already prepared a draft agreement on drones and is ready to finalize what he called “one of the strongest agreements this could be."

Amy B. Zegart
President Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukraine has already prepared a draft agreement on drones and is ready to finalize what he called “one of the strongest agreements this could be."

As U.S. President Donald Trump trades barbs with Russian officials amid growing tensions, he has announced he may send his special envoy Steve Witkoff to Russia this week.
The visit, which Russia has yet to confirm, would likely take place on Aug. 6 …
Gazprom, Russia’s state-owned gas giant, has seen its exports to Europe hit lows not seen since the 1970s, according to the Moscow Times.

Amid worsening inflation, Russia is preparing to cap prices on staple food items, a move analysts say signals a shift toward a command economy that could trigger shortages, long queues, and public discontent.
According to a report by Russian …
“(Russian President Vladimir) Putin will stop killing people if you get (the price of) energy down another $10 a barrel. He’s going to have no choice, because his economy stinks,” U.S. President Donald Trump said.

Putin is reluctant to provoke Trump and recognizes that pressing ahead with the war could jeopardize a potential thaw in relations with Washington and the West, but his military objectives remain the top priority, two sources told Reuters.

As part of the ongoing military-wide reform within the Ukrainian Defense Forces, many units are undergoing significant restructuring — including expansions, downgrades, or complete reorganization. On August 2, 2025, the…
Ukraine has detected Indian-made components in Russian Shahed-type attack drones, Presidential Office head Andriy Yermak confirmed on Aug. 5, adding Moscow must be denied access to supplies that “enable the killing of Ukrainians."

Colonel Vasyl Myshanskyi is accused of signing government contracts with supplier companies at knowingly inflated prices.

A Chisinau court ruled that Evghenia Gutul was guilty of systematically bringing funds from Russia to Moldova for the now-banned pro-Russian Shor Party’s needs between 2019 and 2022.

K-555 Knyaz Pozharsky is a Project 955A Borei–A–class vessel, a crucial component of the Kremlin’s nuclear triad.

Ukrainian military intelligence (HUR) special forces fought off a Russian attempt to advance in Sumy Oblast, “destroying more than eight Russian companies” during the battle, the agency said on Aug. 5

Russian forces launched an Iskander-M ballistic missile from Russia’s Bryansk Oblast and 46 Shahed-type drones from Kursk, Bryansk, Orel, and Primorsk-Akhtarsk against Ukraine overnight, according to Ukraine’s Air Force.

Five German Eurofighter Typhoon jets will help monitor NATO airspace and potential Russian activity along the eastern flank for the next few weeks, a German Air Force spokesperson told DPA news agency.

One of the key topics on the agenda will be the ratification of the long-awaited free trade agreement.

Russia’s Ryazan oil refinery halved its production and the Novokuibyshevsk refinery halted it completely on Aug. 2 after Ukrainian drone attacks, Reuters reported, citing undisclosed sources.

The number includes 1,120 casualties Russian forces suffered just over the past day.

“During the day, the occupiers carried out 431 strikes on 16 settlements in the Zaporizhzhia region,” Governor Ivan Fedorov said.

Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov noted that U.S. submarines “are always on alert,” claiming that Russia is not interested in escalating tension between the two nations.

Ukrainian drones targeted the Tatsinskaya railway station in Russia’s Rostov Oblast overnight on Aug. 4, local media reported.

A market source told the Russian state outlet Kommersant that Ukrainian attacks on oil facilities on Aug. 2 contributed to the price hike.

The attacks struck a residential building and a moped, killing three civilians in the Chuhuiv district. Local prosecutors are investigating the attack as a war crime.
