Ukraine August 2025

Prominent Ukrainian politician Andriy Parubiy shot dead in Lviv (LINK) 30 August 2025

Ukraine War, day 1,284: Trump officials blame Europe for Putin refusal of ceasefire (LINK) 30 August 2025

— The Kremlin is maintaining its ultimata for Ukraine’s capitulation. It is not only demanding that its seizure of parts of four Ukrainian regions — Donetsk and Luhansk in the east and Zaporizhzhia and Kherson in the south — as well as Crimea be recognized; it is also insisting on Ukraine hands over the rest of Donetsk, a fortified, industrial belt of towns and cities in the north of the region.

Modi reaffirms India's support for Ukraine peace settlement during call with Zelenskyy (LINK) — ground.news: 30 media reports (LINK) 30 August 2025

— Zelenskyy, speaking in his nightly video address, said Modi supported Ukraine's call for a ceasefire in the war with Russia.

Volodymyr Zelensky rejects proposals for buffer zone to end fighting (LINK) 29 August 2025

— "Only those who do not understand the technological state of today's war propose a buffer zone," he told reporters on Friday.

Ukraine war latest: Europe 'considering post-war buffer zone'; US approves potential missile sale (LINK) 29 August 2025

Russian strikes hit British Council and EU offices in deadly attack on Kyiv: UK and EU summon top Russian diplomats: European leaders condemn 'deliberate' targeting of civilians and institutions: overnight raid kills more than a dozen people (LINK) 28 August 2025

Al Jazeera: Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,279 (LINK) 25 August 2025

Moscow says Kyiv has struck a nuclear power plant in Kursk as Ukraine marks Independence Day (LINK) 24 August 2025

Canadian prime minister visits Ukraine, leaves door open to possibility of sending troops (LINK) 24 August 2025

We need to ensure Putin never attacks Ukraine again, NATO chief says (LINK) 22 August 2025

Trump's peace bid flops as Kremlin says no plans for Putin-Zelenskyy summit (LINK) 22 August 2025

— Russia’s top diplomat said the Kremlin is “not ready at all” for a meeting between President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov claimed that Zelenskyy was the one not willing to negotiate by refusing to rule out joining NATO or concede to the Kremlin’s maximalist territorial demands. "Putin is ready to meet with Zelenskyy when the agenda is ready for a summit, and this agenda is not ready at all," Lavrov told U.S. channel NBC. "Zelenskyy said no to everything. … How can we meet with a person who is pretending to be a leader?" he added.

— The EU's foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas commented: "We are forgetting that Russia has not made one single concession, and they are the ones who are the aggressor here."

Ukraine says Russia fired 614 drones, missiles as Trump pushes for peace (LINK) 21 August 2025

Ukrainian held in Italy over blast mystery of Nord Stream gas pipelines: German prosecutors say the man was in a group that planted explosives in the Baltic Sea (LINK) 21 August 2025

— There is no evidence so far linking Ukraine, Russia or any other state to the attacks.

White House announces Putin agreed to bilateral meeting with Zelenskyy (LINK) 19 August 2025

Zelensky after DC talks: ‘Issue of territories will be discussed directly between me and Putin’ (LINK) 19 August 2025

Trump and European leaders press Putin to agree to Zelenskyy meeting: US president says arrangements being made for bilateral meeting between Putin and Zelenskyy and that US will help guarantee Ukraine's security if a deal is reached (LINK) 18 August 2025

— Zelenskyy's formal jacket and trousers not a response to difficult first White House visit, says designer

Trump repeats false Ukraine aid figure while sitting with Zelensky: long-debunked claim that the US has given Ukraine more than $300 billion in wartime aid (LINK) 18 August 2025

In major shift, Trump agrees with Putin that Ukraine war should aim for peace deal rather than interim ceasefire (LINK) — ground.news: 21 media reports (LINK) 16 August 2025

Heather Cox Richardson: the Putin-Trump meeting (LINK) 16 August 2025

Putin echoes Trump's claim that if he'd beaten Biden in 2020 there would be no war in Ukraine (LINK) — ground.news: 69 media reports (LINK) 15 August 2025

Ukraine blows up Russian port Olya ship loaded with Iranian drone parts, hits oil refinery (LINK) 14 August 2025

Trump threatens 'severe consequences' if Putin refuses to end Ukraine war (LINK) 13 August 2025

Zelensky says Trump 'expressed support' for ceasefire during call with EU leaders (LINK) 13 August 2025

German chancellor Merz says Trump 'largely shares' European positions on Ukraine after virtual meeting between European leaders and the U.S. president (LINK) 13 August 2025

Switzerland follows the EU with new sanctions against Russian oil (LINK) 12 August 2025

— A total of 14 new individuals and 41 new companies and entities are now subject to the sanctions, the Federal Department of Economic Affairs said. In addition, 105 new vessels are subject to extensive bans on buying and selling, as well as on using maritime services. In addition, the ceiling price for Russian crude oil has been lowered to $47.60.

Russia and Ukraine hold fast to their demands ahead of a planned Putin-Trump summit (LINK) 9 August 2025

Ukraine will not cede land, Zelenskiy says, as Trump, Putin plan meeting (LINK) 9 August 2025

President Donald Trump said Friday that he'll be meeting "very shortly" with Russian President Vladimir Putin and previewed terms of a potential peace deal to end the war in Ukraine that could include "some swapping of territories" (LINK) 8 August 2025

ITC: For Ukrainians fleeing war, online businesses offer fresh start: almost all of Ukraine's businesses are small and medium-sized enterprises (SMES). Supporting them is crucial for economic recovery (LINK) 8 August 2025

— ITC Executive Director Pamela Coke-Hamilton told the Ukraine Recovery Conference 2025 in Romethat Ukraine has $30 billion in untapped export potential, according to the ITC Export Potential Map.

Ukrainian drones strike train station in Russia's Volgograd Oblast, governor reports (LINK) 7 August 2025

US is auctioning a seized $325M Russian yacht with 8 state rooms, a helipad, a gym and a spa: first American sale of a seized Russian luxury ship since the start of Moscow's invasion of Ukraine (LINK) 6 August 2025

Netherlands to buy US arms for Ukraine under new NATO scheme (LINK) 5 August 2025

— The $577 million package is the first funding of US military equipment for Ukraine under a new NATO mechanism. It includes US Patriot missile parts.

2 Russian oil refineries cut production after Ukrainian drone attacks, Reuters reports (LINK) 5 August 2025

Al Jazeera: Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,258 (LINK) 5 August 2025

Ukraine claims attacks on Russian drone storage airbase and military plant (LINK) 2 August 2025

Ukraine MP, heads of district and city administrations and several National Guard service members held in military drone corruption probe 2 days after independence of Ukraine's anti-corruption agencies restored (LINK) 2 August 2025

— Charges involve state contracts with suppliers being signed at prices inflated by up to 30%.