Trump met Putin – now Zelenskyy brings 5 European leaders, NATO, and the EU to the Oval Office
The Washington meeting comes days after Donald Trump’s Alaska talks with Vladimir Putin unsettled Kyiv and its allies.
“Get out now”: Ukraine tells families to flee as 5 more Donetsk towns face Russian guns closing in
Regional officials added Druzhkivka and four nearby villages to the evacuation list as Russian strikes reach 3,000 a day.
Debris found after Russian Su-30 crash near Ukraine’s Snake Island in Black Sea, Navy says
Ukrainian officials say radio intercepts showed a Su-30 vanished near Snake Island, with wreckage spotted and the pilot missing.
Ukraine swapped 84 prisoners with Russia — and got its legendary minesweeper captain back
Among those freed were Mariupol defenders and civilians held for nearly a decade, Zelenskyy said.
So you think Ukraine can just leave Donbas? It’s the shield forged in steel — and paid in blood
The Donbas fortress belt has held for years against Russia’s army. Surrendering it would open the road west.
Russia punches narrow hole in Ukraine’s Pokrovsk front — can Kyiv close it before it widens?
A 10-kilometre Russian advance has left Ukrainian commanders racing to prevent a deeper breach in Donetsk.
Bloomberg: Ukraine drone attack stops Saratov oil refinery powering Russia’s heartland
Fires broke out after an 10 August drone strike forced one of Russia’s largest Volga-region oil plants offline.
Belgium’s biggest Ukraine military aid is 30 F-16s it won’t deliver until 2028
The country also controls €180 billion in frozen Russian assets that help bankroll Kyiv's defense.
The Times: Europe spent € 72 billion on Ukraine — but has no role in Trump–Putin peace talks. Why?
Europe outspent the US on Ukraine aid but is “years away” from defending it — and absent from the Trump–Putin summit.
Russia bombs Zaporizhzhia, injuring 20, days before Trump–Putin summit
Two guided aerial bombs struck a bus station and a medical university clinic in Ukraine’s southeastern industrial hub on Sunday evening, according to local officials.
“We’re done funding the Ukraine war — Europeans can take the lead,” Vance says
The US vice president said taxpayer money will no longer fund the Ukraine war ahead of Trump–Putin talks in Alaska on 15 August.
Ukraine’s first strike in Komi — 2,000 km away — hits Lukoil refinery supplying Russian army
Explosions shook an oil facility in Russia’s far north, prompting evacuations and flight restrictions.
Trump calls Zelenskyy as Witkoff leaves Russia — sanctions deadline nears
Trump called Zelenskyy as Witkoff left Moscow following his fifth meeting with Putin, with new US sanctions looming.
US weapons heading to Ukraine in first NATO-funded shipment within weeks
A NATO official told European Pravda the delivery is backed by over $1 billion from European allies and marks the start of a new US weapons supply mechanism.