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Putin talks peace & promises to end the war. But does he deliver? 📖 ukraineworld.org/en/articles/... Alaska's meeting proved to be nothing more than theatre for the Kremlin. After Russia launched strikes on Kyiv, killing civilians and destroying over 225 buildings, including diplomatic offices.
Another massive strike: a total of 526 means of attack, including more than 500 strike drones and 24 missiles. The main targets were civilian infrastructure, in particular energy facilities, a transport hub, even a garage cooperative, and residential areas. Source: President Zelenskyy
UK Defence Secretary John Healey has arrived in Ukraine During the meetings, the parties will coordinate their positions ahead of the next meeting in the “Ramstein” format, which will take place in London. 📹 Denys Shmyhal
❗️Approximate route of missiles and UAVs during today’s Russian attack. The Russians attacked Donetsk, Kirovohrad, Volyn, and Lviv Oblasts. Strikes were also recorded in Sumy, Kyiv, Odesa, and Khmelnytskyi Oblasts.
Recent updates as of 03.09 👇
Holding On—But How Long? Oleksiy Moskalenko, an analyst at the Initiatives Centre of Come Back Alive, explains the term "mobile ethnography", what "Sovietness" really means, and why Ukraine needs help now: ukraineworld.org/en/podcasts/... Support us: www.patreon.com/c/ukraineworld.
⚡ #Luxembourg joins the #NATO Prioritised #Ukraine Requirements List initiative to purchase weapons from the #USA for Ukraine. This was announced by Luxembourg’s Prime Minister, Luc Frieden.
⚡️#Azerbaijan provided humanitarian aid to Ukraine to support the energy sector. The shipment includes more than 50 types of high- and low-voltage cable products, generators of various capacities, as well as transformer equipment, #Ukraine’s Minister of Energy Svitlana Hrynchuk reported.
"Smells Like Teen Spirit" performed by the Concert Orchestra of the Military Academy of #Odesa. 📽️: X / PawlowskiMario
The veterans accompanied their children at the first school bell. “‘Supers’ took their children to school. For this, they need prostheses, to be close to their children at the most important moments,” the Superhumans Center, which provides prosthetics for wounded Ukrainians, wrote.
The #Ukrainian Army liberated the village of Udachne in the #Pokrovsk direction, #Donetsk Oblast. According to the General Staff of #Ukraine, the soldiers cleared houses of the presence of #Russian occupiers and raised the flag.
#Europe. September 2, 2025. Children in #Kyiv study in shelters during another #Russian attack. At this moment, #Russia is attacking the northern oblasts of #Ukraine with drones. 📷: Fb / Serhii Kovalenko
On the night of September 2, Russian forces carried out an drone attack on Bila Tserkva in the Kyiv Oblast. During firefighting operations, rescuers discovered a deceased person. The strikes caused destruction and fires in hangars and a three-story industrial building. 📷: SES Ukraine
Recent updates as of 02.09 👇
Ukrainian forces have liberated the village of Novoekonomichne in #Donetsk Oblast, the General Staff of the AFU reported. 📷: Telegram/screenshot from the General Staff’s footage
❕ In August, #Russian aviation dropped 4,390 guided aerial bombs on Defense Forces’ positions and frontline settlements. 📷: SES
❗ How AI transforms the war This episode looks at the war through the lens of technology, showing how #drones, #AI, and robotic systems are changing tactics: ukraineworld.org/en/podcasts/... Support us: www.patreon.com/c/ukraineworld.
❕ European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s plane was forced to land in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, after GPS failures, relying on paper maps for navigation. The #European Commission confirmed the event, and Bulgarian officials suspect #Russia was responsible for the GPS jamming.
Today, they could have been taking their children and grandchildren to school. For Ukrainian soldiers, however, the Day of Knowledge is spent in training to secure a peaceful future for the next generation. 📷: 48th Separate Artillery Brigade
⚡️ President #Zelenskyy plans to attend a meeting of European leaders in Paris on September 4, Suspilne reports.
⚡️ Ukrainian intelligence strikes again in occupied #Crimea. Defence Intelligence of Ukraine hit a Russian airbase near Simferopol — destroying two Mi-8 helicopters — and targeted a military tugboat in Sevastopol Bay. 📽️: Telegram/DIU
⚡ Between July and August 2025, #Ukraine’s Armed Forces and Security Service carried out successful strikes on Russian facilities producing and storing #Shahed drones, reducing launches from 6,303 in July to 4,132 in August — a one-third drop. 📷: Telegram/Ukraine's Southern Operational Command
Recent updates as of 01.09 👇
⚡ How #Russia Uses Drones Against Civilians in #Kherson Zarina Zabrisky, a U.S. journalist, talks about life in Kherson from the #Russian occupation to the present: ukraineworld.org/en/podcasts/... Support us: www.patreon.com/c/ukraineworld.
Ukraine`s President Zelenskyy outlined three key blocks of security guarantees for Ukraine.
⚡️ On the night of August 29, units of the #Ukrainian Defence Forces attacked a line production station near the village of Naytopovychi in the #Bryansk region of #Russia. 📽️: Fb / General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
In the photos, you can see how the Russian army remotely mined roads and intersections in Kherson. Russians use anti-personnel “petal” mines for this. Fortunately, they were defused by explosive ordnance experts. Russia acts cruelly toward both military personnel and civilians.
⚡️ #Belgium will deliver F-16 fighter jets to #Ukraine as soon as possible and will provide #Kyiv with a new military aid package worth €100 million, according to the #Belgian Defense Minister.
On August 29, 2014, the Ilovaisk tragedy took place. During the withdrawal from Ilovaisk, #Ukrainian soldiers were guaranteed safe passage through a so-called “green corridor” across the sunflower fields 🌻 But #Russia violated the agreement and opened fire on the columns of Ukrainian defenders.
A dog is waiting for its dead owner near a destroyed house in #Kyiv.
23 people were killed, including four children, and 53 others were injured as a result of the #Russian attack on #Kyiv on August 28, President #Zelenskyy reported. 📷: SES Ukraine
Recent updates as of 29.08 👇
Residents gather to greet Ukrainians returning from Russian captivity after the latest prisoner exchange. 🎥: United24
❗ The Line Ukraine Cannot Cross www.ukraineworld.org/en/podcasts/... 👆 In this podcast episode featuring Tetyana Ogarkova, we discuss the red lines Ukraine cannot cross, how to achieve a lasting and stable peace, and what security guarantees are needed to prevent #Russia from starting another war.
Today, the Russians also struck an Intercity+ passenger train that was scheduled to run on the Kyiv–Kharkiv route. As Oleksandr Pertsovsky, the chairman of the board of Ukrzaliznytsia, said, the strike was targeted. It was directed exclusively at civilian transport. #RussiaIsATerroristState
Today Russia attacked Ukraine with 629 air targets, leaving 12 dead, including a baby, and 48 injured. Russia has shown again and again that its language is missiles and terror. Peace isn’t built on words under fire - it’s built on deterrence and justice.
Recent updates as of 28.08 👇
From 22 Aug to 28 Sept, Kyiv National Art Gallery hosts “The Way Home. Crimea” - an exhibition reflecting Crimea through art, memory, and today’s challenges. Central work: Rustem Skibin’s metaphor of exile and 📷:KNAG
On August 22, the National Museum of the History of Ukraine opened “Treasures of Ukraine. Symbols of Statehood”. Among the highlights are rare Kyivan Rus coins featuring the trident, our national emblem for over a thousand years. 📷: National Museum of the History of Ukraine
A Russian tanker near Chukotka exploded. They claim there was no spill, but the incident reveals the critically poor condition of Russia’s tanker fleet. How this hidden fleet undermines safety, stability and global norms, especially for Ukraine and Europe. 📖 ukraineworld.org/en/articles/...
❓ Why #Ukraine Needs Security Guarantees Tetyana Ogarkova, a #Ukrainian journalist, considers that the #American administration does not provide solid security guarantees to Ukraine: www.ukraineworld.org/en/podcasts/... Support us: www.patreon.com/c/ukraineworld.
The Czech Republic has now become the first country in the world where ordinary citizens collectively donated a helicopter! It's Black Hawk UH-60 helicopter, named “Čestmír”. More than 20,000 people in the Czech Republic and Slovak friends, joined forces to make this possible. 📷:X/DarPutinovi
As a result of Russia’s massive attack on #Sumy, infrastructure facilities were damaged. According to preliminary reports, there are no casualties. Residential areas were not hit.
Last night Russia attacked #Poltava Oblast, damaging an energy facility and causing power outages. Fires were contained, electricity restored and no casualties reported. Ukraine’s air defense downed most targets.
Recent updates as of 27.08 👇
🤝 #Belgium is ready to send its troops to #Ukraine as part of a peacekeeping mission after a final ceasefire, #Belgian Foreign Minister Maxime Prevot said. He noted that #Belgium is part of the “coalition of the willing”.
Vladyslav had lost a massive amount of blood, and his wounds had started to fester. In 11 years of war, such an injury has been treated at the medical facility for the first time. Despite everything he endured, Vladyslav is already thinking about returning to the front.
Unable to speak, he described everything that happened in a diary. “What he told — about the first guys who were captured, they were from reconnaissance — their eyes were gouged out, their lips cut off, their genitals mutilated, their ears and noses cut off,” said Vladyslav’s brother, Yevhen.
A Ukrainian soldier, Vladyslav, survived after being tortured by the Russian army. Russian soldiers slit his throat and threw him into a pit. But he managed to climb out. A man crawled for five days toward Ukrainian positions. 📷: Suspilne Dnipro
They launched a new platform for political cooperation built on equality, initiative, and ambition — the Ukraine-Benelux format. In addition, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg announced an additional €2 million in joint support for the prosthetics center based at Odesa Medical University.
On August 25, #Ukraine’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Andrii Sybiha, met with Belgium’s Foreign Minister Maxime Prévot, Luxembourg’s Foreign Minister Xavier Bettel, and the Netherlands’ Director General for European Cooperation, Heleen Bakker in #Odesa. 📷: X / Andrii Sybiha
#Russia has unlawfully added the ports of occupied #Berdiansk and #Mariupol to its official list of ports open to foreign vessels, an attempt to legitimize its occupation and tighten control over #Ukrainian territory. Source: Centre for Strategic Communication and Information Security
⚡ The Russian shelling caused a blackout in mines in Donetsk Oblast. On August 26, Russian shelling in Donetsk Oblast caused a power outage in several mines. As a result, 148 miners remain trapped underground, according to Mykhailo Volynets, head of the Confederation of Free Trade Unions of Ukraine.
#Ukraine is not just a regional agricultural power — it is the linchpin of food security for dozens of countries. What is Ukraine’s role in global food security today? Support us: patreon.com/c/ukraineworld.
Since the evening of August 25, 2025, there has been high activity of #Russian drones along the M-14 highway between #Kherson and #Mykolaiv, reported the head of the Oblast Military Administration, Prokudin. Earlier, we discussed life in Kherson in our podcast: ukraineworld.org/en/podcasts/...
Recent updates as of 26.08 👇
🇬🇧🇺🇦 The #UK will extend its Interflex training program for #Ukrainian troops until the end of 2026, Bloomberg reports. The program was launched by the UK in June 2022 and has already trained over 50,000 Ukrainian recruits. 📷: 22 Separate Mechanized Brigade
#Ukraine’s Defense Forces have liberated Novomykhailivka in #Donetsk Oblast. Russian forces lost about a company of personnel and were forced to redeploy reserves from other parts of the frontline, according to the Main Intelligence Directorate. 📹: Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine
🇺🇦 Yesterday, global landmarks lit up with #Ukraine’s colors for Independence Day. 📷: MFA of Ukraine
⚡️ German Finance Minister and Vice Chancellor Lars Klingbeil arrived in #Kyiv on an unannounced visit, Reuters reports. He stated that #Germany remains Ukraine's second-largest supporter worldwide and the largest in Europe, adding: "Ukraine can continue to rely on Germany." 📷: Getty Images
Recent updates as of 25.08 👇
⚡️ “Ukraine’s independence must consist of millions of individual independences”: an interview with Ukrainian writer and serviceman Pavlo Korobchuk. 🔗 Read: ukraineworld.org/en/articles/...
⚡ Who is ahead in technological innovation—Ukraine or Russia? 🔗 ukraineworld.org/en/podcasts/ep… Guest: Glib Voloskyi, analyst at the Initiatives Centre of Come Back Alive — one of the most prominent charitable foundations, supporting the military and veterans since 2014.
The Defense Intelligence of Ukraine announced the destruction of a Russian boat in the area of the temporarily occupied Zalyzny Port. The Russian invaders' boat was destroyed by an air-launched missile. All five members of the Russian occupation crew were eliminated.
Re cent updates as of 22.08👇
Empires know: wars are not just won with guns. They’re won in classrooms where languages are replaced, in towns where locals become strangers... 🔗 ukraineworld.org/en/articles/... Foucault called it biopolitics. In Russia, it becomes thanatopolitics - the politics of death.
Ukrainian karateka Rizvan Talibov won a gold medal at the 2025 World Games with a broken arm. He reported the injury after returning to Ukraine. “When I sang the national anthem on the podium, I thought about our Ukrainian Armed Forces. This victory was also for them.” Source: Suspilne
Recent updates as of 21.08👇
Russian forces attacked a market in Kostiantynivka, Donetsk Oblast, with a Smerch rocket system, killing 3 people and injuring 4. The deliberate strike damaged residential buildings and commercial shops. Officials are once again urging residents to evacuate. 📷: Vadym Filashkin
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk on the potential idea of holding negotiations between Ukrainian President Zelenskyy and Russian President Putin in Hungary:
Polish Defence Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz stated, "nothing entered Polish airspace." He suggested the object was most likely a civilian drone used for smuggling. However, the minister did not rule out the possibility of Russian sabotage. The investigation is ongoing.
No more half-measures. 📖 ukraineworld.org/en/articles/... After the Washington talks with Zelenskyy, Trump and European leaders, Kyiv insists on real security guarantees: a strong army, binding treaties and international oversight. Support the UkraineWorld team: www.patreon.com/ukraineworld
One more reminder: Russia's war is a threat to the whole of Europe. An unidentified object, believed to be a Russian-launched Shahed drone, has crashed in a cornfield in the Lublin Voivodeship, Poland. 🎥: Łuków. tv
The consequences of destroying the #Kakhovka Dam. We visited #Zaporizhzhia Oblast to show what #Russia’s actions have caused and how they continue to affect the environment. 📽️: UkraineWorld Support the UkraineWorld team on Patreon: www.patreon.com/c/ukraineworld.
Austrian Foreign Minister Beate Meinl-Reisinger is in Odesa for her third visit to Ukraine. The trip follows President Zelenskyy's visit to Vienna in June. The minister paid tribute to Ukraine's fallen defenders, whose courage protects Europe's freedom. 📷: Х/ Andrii Sybiha
A Russian drone strike on #Okhtyrka, #Sumy Oblast, injured 14 people. The attack, which involved at least 15 drones, damaged residential buildings and infrastructure. 🎥: SES Sumy Oblast
On the night of August 20, Russia attacked with 2 ballistic missiles and 93 attack drones from various directions. Sumy Oblast: 14 people were injured, including 3 children. Odesa Oblast: Fuel and energy infrastructure facilities were attacked, causing a fire. 1 injured. 📷: SES Odesa Oblast
Recent updates as of 20.08 👇
⚡️ Emmanuel #Macron stated that the next two weeks will be critical for determining security guarantees for #Ukraine following the talks held in #Washington on August 18. He said this in an interview with LCI.
Russia deliberately attacks civilian objects in Ukraine. One of the civilian objects attacked by Russia was among the places we visited during our trip to #Zaporizhzhia. 📽️: UkraineWorld Support the UkraineWorld team on Patreon: www.patreon.com/c/ukraineworld.
#Kherson may be the most dangerous regional center in #Ukraine. 🔗 ukraineworld.org/en/podcasts/... 📌 In this podcast episode, we explore life in Kherson from occupation to the present day, the meaning of the “human safari,” and the environmental consequences of the dam’s destruction.
Trump: “There will be no #US troops on the ground in #Ukraine.” Instead, he suggests that #Europe should offer security guarantees. #France, #Germany, and the #UK are considering deploying troops as part of the agreement. “Ukraine is going to get a lot of land,” Trump also said on Fox News.
According to the SSU, there were at least seven strikes, after which a massive fire broke out — confirmed by the international FIRMS monitoring service. 2/2
⚡️ Long-range drones of the Security Service of #Ukraine destroyed two Russian ammunition depots in Bilokurakyne, in the temporarily occupied Luhansk Oblast. 1/2
Federal Chancellor of #Germany via X.
⚡️ #Ukraine has pledged to purchase $100 billion worth of weapons from the United States as part of #US security guarantees, the Financial Times reports. 📷: Reuters
📷: Telegram/Zelenkiy
He noted that Ukraine, once the war is over, will be entitled to sign security deals with other countries, and even #Russia will have to recognize this — either under pressure or at the initiative of President #Trump. 2/2
⚡️ After the war ends, #Ukraine will have the right to conclude security agreements not only with the #US and European countries. According to Marco Rubio, any sovereign nation has the right to enter into security alliances beyond #NATO. 📷: Getty Images 1/2
⚡ Listen to our podcast in which we explore the life and works of Oleksandra Ekster, a prominent Ukrainian avant-garde artist of the early 20th century. 🔗: ukraineworld.org/en/podcasts/...
Recent updates as of 19.08 👇
“Russia is doing a settler colonization now on the territory of Ukraine,” — Botakoz Kassymbekova is a renowned scholar of Eastern Europe and Central Asia. In this podcast episode, we discuss Russian colonial and imperial practices: ukraineworld.org/en/podcasts/...
President #Zelenskyy met with Keith #Kellogg, the #US Special Envoy for #Ukraine. They discussed the battlefield situation and the strong diplomatic capabilities of #Ukraine, #Europe, and #America.
A "Termit" ground robotic vehicle is ready for another combat mission. It`ll evacuate a wounded soldier from positions where extraction would otherwise be impossible. The troops quickly unload it from a pickup, then a "Termit" will cover the distance on its own — remotely operated by an operator.
❤️🩹 This is what Sumy State University looks like after the latest Russian attacks. On the evening of August 17, Russia struck Sumy with a ballistic missile, damaging the university. Then, on the night of August 18, Russia launched UAVs, destroying one of the university’s buildings.
A Ukrainian journalist, Efrem Lukatsky, shared a photo of Ukrainian-made Flamingo missiles with an over 3,000 km range that were launched into serial production. He announced that the full material will be released soon. 📷: AP / Efrem Lukatsky
This morning, on August 18, Russia attacked Zaporizhzhia. We visited the city just a few days earlier and can confirm that it remains full of life and vibrancy despite everything. Check out more in our video report from Zaporizhzhia 👇 📽️: UkraineWorld Support us: www.patreon.com/c/ukraineworld.
#Russian propagandists are showing a video of Russian military equipment that is attacking #Ukrainian positions, using a #US symbol. In fact, the Russians are using the symbols of the United States in their terrorist war of aggression, marked by the killing of civilians.
On the night of August 18, #Russia launched a massive UAV strike on a residential block in #Kharkiv. The attack caused fires and damaged a five-storey building. So far, it is confirmed that five people, including two children, were killed, and 20 others, including six children, were wounded.
Recent updates as of 18.08 👇
