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Polish police detained two women in connection with an attack on Ukrainian men outside a Poznań restaurant, Interior Minister Marcin Kierwiński announced. The incident comes as Polish-Ukrainian relations grow more strained and public attitudes toward Ukrainians worsen. The incident occurred shortly after midnight on 13 August on Półwiejska Street. PoliceContinue Reading

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Samara Oblast Governor Vyacheslav Fedorishchev confirmed that a missile struck an unnamed industrial enterprise overnight on 15 August 2026. Andrii Kovalenko, head of Ukraine’s Center for Countering Disinformation, said the Progress Rocket Space Center was burning. He provided no damage details. Progress would be a significant target because it buildsContinue Reading

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Ukraine’s Agriculture Ministry has cut its forecast for agricultural exports in 2026–2027 by 54% as Russian attacks disrupt shipping through Odesa’s ports, Bloomberg reported. The ministry now expects 29.6 million tons of agricultural exports, down from 64.4 million. Its wheat export forecast fell by 53%, from 17.6 million tons toContinue Reading

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South Korea is keeping lethal aid to Ukraine off the table while continuing humanitarian and reconstruction support, Yonhap reported on 10 August. The outlet cited a senior South Korean Foreign Ministry official. South Korea’s response maintains its established policy of providing humanitarian and nonlethal support to Ukraine, but not directContinue Reading

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Ukraine expects the joint European FREYJA interceptor program to deliver “concrete results” by the turn of 2026–2027, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on 6 August. The program “is already actively underway,” he added.  Under the program, Ukraine would manufacture the interceptor and launcher, while European partners would provide radars, sensors, andContinue Reading

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Major General Valery Plokhotnyuk was buried in Moscow on 5 August 2026, four days after he reportedly died in a bombing at an Italian restaurant. Security was heavy at the funeral. The ceremony at Troyekurovskoye Cemetery reportedly took place behind roadblocks, metal detectors, and buses carrying Russian National Guard troops.Continue Reading

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About 16,000 foreign volunteers from at least 72 countries serve in Ukraine’s Defense Forces, Military Ombudsman Olha Reshetylova said. Reshetylova said nearly 40% are citizens of Latin American countries. The figures show the scale of foreign volunteers’ participation in Ukraine’s military as Russia’s invasion strains Ukraine’s manpower. Reshetylova’s office monitorsContinue Reading