Russia has reacted to Hungary's expulsion of 10 Russian diplomats by threatening a "harsh and painful" response.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has agreed with US President Donald Trump's special envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner on another visit to Ukraine.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that he expects to meet US President Donald Trump in the second half of September.

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha has said Russia launched a large-scale attack on the city of Kyiv immediately after US President Donald Trump's envoys left the Ukrainian capital.

Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski said the country needs to accelerate preparations for its defence and compared Russian assurances to CIA Director John Ratcliffe that Putin does not want to provoke NATO with promises not to invade Ukraine.

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha has thanked the foreign ministers of Sweden, Poland, the Netherlands and Spain for their letter to the European Commission regarding the use of frozen Russian assets for the benefit of Ukraine.

Estonian Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna has said that CIA Director John Ratcliffe's visit to Moscow was nothing exceptional and that Estonia's assessment of the threat constantly posed by Russia has not changed.

Wrocław city councillors have approved a resolution condemning ethnically motivated violence following a heated debate and remarks about "Ukrainians' ingratitude".

The Polish police and Poland's Internal Security Agency have detained three Russian nationals of Chechen origin in Warsaw. A search of a flat in the Wola district has uncovered three firearms and ammunition.

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha has called on Kyiv's partners to provide additional support packages ahead of winter following a large-scale Russian attack on Ukraine on the night of 26-27 August.

Five drones entered Moldovan airspace during a Russian aerial attack on Ukraine on the night of 26-27 August.

The Financial Times has learned that Sweden, the Netherlands, Spain and Poland plan to urge the European Commission to resume work on a mechanism that would enable more than €200 billion in frozen Russian assets to be used to provide funding for Ukraine.

Politico has learnt from anonymous sources that CIA Director John Ratcliffe, during a visit to Moscow, urged Russian officials not to take actions that could escalate tensions with US allies in NATO, particularly Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy thanked his Polish counterpart Karol Nawrocki on 26 August for his letter marking Ukraine's Independence Day.

Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov has said that CIA Director John Ratcliffe's visit to Moscow on 25 August was related to contact between the Russian and US intelligence services.

Activists symbolically installed a 45-metre anti-drone net near the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin on 24 August to mark Ukraine's Independence Day.

A 34-year-old man provoked a mass attack on three 20-year-old Ukrainians in the Polish city of Radom after a conversation about their origins and the Volhynia tragedy.

On 24 August, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy conferred the honorary distinction "Gratitude of the Ukrainian People" upon the people of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha has held talks with Swedish Foreign Minister Maria Malmer Stenergard, who arrived in Kyiv on 24 August.

King Charles III has congratulated the Ukrainian people on Independence Day, expressing admiration for the unwavering determination and resilience of Ukrainians as they resist Russian aggression.