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26 August 2025
Zbigniew Bogucki, head of the Chancellery of Polish President Karol Navrocki, has denied claims that the president’s veto of an amendment to the law on aid for Ukrainians would result in Starlink being shut down in Ukraine.
The Russian government has proposed denouncing the European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.
Air Defense Forces destroyed 47 of 59 Russian drones.
On the morning of August 26, Russian invaders attacked a car on a highway in the Kherson region with a drone, injuring two medical workers.
Yesterday, there were 174 combat clashes between the Ukrainian Defense Forces and Russian troops. The invaders put the most pressure on the Pokrovsk sector of the frontline, but they were also highly active in the Lyman and Novopavlivka sectors.
Guarantees on paper are worthless unless backed by power
As of August 26, 2025, the total combat losses of Russian forces in the war against Ukraine—since the full-scale invasion began on February 24, 2022—amount to approximately 1,077,830 personnel. This includes an additional 890 troops lost in the past 24 hours.
Foreign Minister of Ukraine Andrii Sybiha took part in a phone call with foreign ministers from several European countries and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, during which he outlined Ukraine’s position on security guarantees.
Soldiers from the 102nd Separate Brigade of the Territorial Defense Forces of Ukraine, known as “Ivano-Frankivshchyna,” have destroyed a Russian heavy flamethrower system, the TOS-1 Solntsepyok, in the Zaporizhzhia sector.
Poland’s President Karol Nawrocki announced on Monday that he had not signed an amendment to the law on aid for Ukrainian citizens.
Kremlin-controlled media are circulating disinformation alleging that servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the frontline town of Pokrovsk, Donetsk region, supposedly killed a woman and a child in order to steal a car.
25 August 2025
On August 25, the Armed Forces of Ukraine engaged in 136 combat clashes with Russian forces, with the Pokrovsk sector remaining the hottest spot, where the enemy attempted attacks 43 times.
Donald Trump emphasized that security guarantees for Ukraine, in the event of a cessation of hostilities, will primarily be Europe’s responsibility, although the United States will also be involved to some extent.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky and a delegation of the international parliamentary network United for Ukraine (U4U) discussed mechanisms for opening the first negotiation cluster this year regarding Ukraine’s membership in the European Union.
Secretary of the National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine Rustem Umerov met with Admiral Sir Tony Radakin, UK Chief of the Defence Staff, and his successor, Air Chief Marshal Sir Richard Knighton, to discuss security guarantees for Ukraine.
In Lviv, a joint Ukrainian-Polish expedition is completing search and exhumation works during which a mass grave containing the remains of about 40 victims of the Second World War was discovered.
Kyiv is currently reviewing the legal aspects of recent decisions by Polish President Karol Nawrocki concerning aid to Ukrainians and the classification of Ukrainian symbols alongside Nazi and communist imagery.
When Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, many in Western capitals believed Kyiv could fall within days. However, the efforts of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry's Main Intelligence Directorate (HUR) and U.S. support reshaped the course of the war and pushed it onto the aggressor’s territory.
Polish troops will not take part in any future potential peacekeeping mission on Ukrainian territory.
Since the beginning of the day, there have been 76 combat clashes between the Ukrainian Armed Forces and Russian troops, with fighting currently continuing in seven areas of the frontline.
On Monday, August 25, German prosecutors charged a U.S. citizen with offering to pass confidential military information to Chinese intelligence.
Four civilians were wounded in Kostiantynivka, Donetsk region, as a result of an air strike by Russian invaders. Two of them are in severe condition, according to doctors.
On August 25, Kyiv hosted the second National Prayer Breakfast, attended by over 1,000 guests, including around 350 international participants.
Pastor Mark Burns, spiritual advisor to U.S. President Donald Trump, met with the wives and mothers of imprisoned defenders of Mariupol’s Azovstal to discuss the situation of Ukrainian prisoners of war.
Ukraine’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has strongly condemned the decision of actor and director Woody Allen, a four-time Academy Award winner, to take part in the Moscow International Film Week.
Lithuanian military intelligence has reported that, according to its data, 30,000 troops from Belarus and Russia will participate in the Zapad-2025 military exercises.
Slovak Minister for Foreign and European Affairs Juraj Blanár said that Ukrainian attacks on the Druzhba oil pipeline contradict not only Bratislava’s national interests but also allegedly harm Ukraine itself.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov used an interview with a U.S. media outlet to reiterate the Kremlin’s clear rejection of U.S.-proposed peace initiatives regarding Ukraine.
On August 24, a total of 159 combat engagements took place between the Defense Forces of Ukraine and Russian invaders along the front line.
Ukraine’s air defense forces neutralized 76 out of 104 drones launched by Russian troops in an overnight attack beginning on August 24.