Linas Linkevičius, former Lithuanian Foreign Minister, believes that the Ukrainian offensive in Kursk Oblast has become a trap for Russia and its ruler, Vladimir Putin.

Social Democrat Michael Roth, chairman of the Bundestag's Foreign Affairs Committee, has criticised the coalition's approach to further funding for assistance to Ukraine. This coalition includes his own party.

The White House has decided not to comment on The Wall Street Journal's article which reported that Ukrainian officials had approved an operation to blow up Russia's Nord Stream pipeline.

Russia appears to have deployed several thousand troops from occupied Ukrainian territories to Kursk Oblast in response to the advancing Ukrainian offensive.

Mykhailo Podoliak, an adviser to the Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, denied Ukraine's involvement in the blowing up of Russia's Nord Stream pipeline in the Baltic Sea and blamed the incident on Russia.

The Sky News TV channel reports with reference to its own sources that Ukrainian forces deployed the British Challenger 2 tanks during their offensive in Kursk Oblast in Russia.

All cars registered in Belarus will be banned from entering Lithuania starting from 16 August, the State Border Committee of Belarus has announced.

Kremlin-affiliated hackers have launched a cyber attack on Steven Pifer, former US ambassador to Ukraine, in a bid to obtain his password.

Finnish President Alexander Stubb firmly believes that Kyiv has the right to defend itself against Russian aggression, including through actions within Russia's Kursk Oblast.

German Prosecutor General Jens Rommel has issued the first arrest warrant for the main suspect in the 2022 Nord Stream blowing-up case, a Ukrainian named Volodymyr, who lived in Poland until recently.

The Pentagon says it is closely monitoring arms cooperation between Russia and North Korea, China and Iran.

Ukraine has officially started negotiations with the UK to conclude an agreement on the transition to a stronger and deeper partnership.

After speaking with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba about Ukraine's offensive in Russia’s Kursk Oblast, EU chief diplomat Josep Borrell said that the EU fully supports the struggle of the Ukrainian people.

The European Union is allocating €2 million to fund a new initiative for humanitarian mine clearance in Ukraine.