22 August 2026
The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), with the assistance of the command of a National Guard special forces unit, has arrested a Russian military intelligence agent in the Odesa region.
The animated series "Masha and the Bear" promotes pro-Russian narratives disguised as children's content, according to Andrii Kovalenko, head of Ukraine's Center for Countering Disinformation (CCD) at the National Security and Defense Council.
More than 550,000 Ukrainians have taken part in the national Health Screening 40+ program since its launch.
21 August 2026
Ukraine's United24 state fundraising platform has brought together donors from 145 countries and raised nearly $4 billion for Ukraine since its launch in 2022, according to President Volodymyr Zelensky said.
Kyiv is nearly 90% ready for the upcoming heating season, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said.
Two-thirds of Ukrainians surveyed believe they will have a better life in the future, while their thoughts about it are accompanied by both hope (47%) and anxiety (43%).
Natural inflow into the Dniester Reservoir continues to decline, reaching 20% of the normal level.
20 August 2026
The State Bureau of Investigation (SBI), in cooperation with the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and under the procedural supervision of the Prosecutor General's Office, has launched an operation to expose service members who are only formally serving in the military, illegally receive payments, or are used for the private interests of commanders.
There are still 78,300 civilians in the Kramatorsk and Sloviansk municipal communities in Donetsk region.
In total, 9,716 Ukrainians have returned home from Russian captivity since February 24, 2022.
Switzerland will extend temporary protection status (Status S) for Ukrainians who fled the country following Russia's full-scale invasion until March 4, 2028, while tightening the rules for obtaining the status.
The Ukrainian Defense Ministry's Main Intelligence Directorate (HUR) and the Center for Countering Disinformation (CCD) at the National Security and Defense Council have published information on six Russian public figures who support Russia's armed aggression and are directly involved in the Kremlin's information war against Ukraine.
19 August 2026
During today’s prisoner exchange, Oleh Verves, a 56-year-old father of four from the village of Zarubyntsi in Zhytomyr region, returned from Russian captivity after spending more than two years in captivity.
Among the Ukrainian servicemen who returned on August 19 from Russian captivity is 29-year-old Vadym Serhiychuk from the village of Kovalenky in the Liubar community of Zhytomyr region.
The Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) has released exclusive footage of the return home of the defenders who were freed from Russian captivity as a result of an exchange on Wednesday, August 19.
Russian invaders conducted two more illegal searches of Crimean Tatar homes in the temporarily occupied Crimea.
The Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine will step up oversight of students aged 25 and over.
In addition to Yevhen Konovalets and Andriy Melnyk, Symon Petliura and Pavlo Skoropadsky have a strong chance of being buried in the National Pantheon.
18 August 2026
Six more children have been returned from the temporarily occupied territory of the Kherson region to territory controlled by Ukraine.
The Verkhovna Rada Committee on National Security, Defense and Intelligence is not preparing any legislative initiatives or bills concerning the mobilization of women.
Since the beginning of June, 60 Ukrainians have been brought back from Ukraine's temporarily occupied territories.
Andrii Kovalenko, head of the Center for Countering Disinformation (CCD), stated that reports of the possible imposition of “even stricter” lockdowns in Kyiv, Kharkiv, and Odesa this winter are merely the speculation of an individual who has no involvement in preparations for the winter season.
The Ukrainian Defense Ministry's Main Intelligence Directorate (HUR) has published information on ten individuals and two legal entities involved in the militarization and indoctrination of children in Ukraine's temporarily occupied territories.
The Center for Countering Disinformation (CCD) under Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council continues to detect the spread of disinformation and manipulative materials aimed at discrediting Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Major General Mykhailo Drapatyi.
17 August 2026
Moldova’s Ministry of Environment has reported a historically low water level in the Dniester Reservoir.
Ukraine's Consulate General in Gdansk has reported that two Ukrainian minors were attacked in the Polish city of Bydgoszcz because they were speaking Ukrainian.
The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine will focus on upgrading the infrastructure of military medical facilities where Ukrainian defenders receive treatment and rehabilitation.
A total of UAH 15 billion worth of various projects were submitted this year to the state cultural program Tysiachovesna, while the program’s budget was UAH 4 billion, and the best projects were selected for funding.
A memorial service for Yevhen Konovalets, the first head of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists, was held on Sunday at the Patriarchal Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church in Kyiv.
A meeting of leaders and representatives of Ukrainian communities from various regions of Turkey took place in Ankara as part of the international project “A Two Way Journey” and the EmpowHER Summit.