Italy's Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani has announced a new aid package for Ukraine.

UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham has responded to statements by Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov regarding the Russia-Ukraine war.

European Council President António Costa has said that Ukraine has helped build a new, truly geopolitical European Union that takes responsibility for its own defence and is willing to welcome Ukraine.

Keith Kellogg, US President Donald Trump's former special envoy for Ukraine, has arrived in Ukraine and visited Odesa Commercial Sea Port during his trip.

Unlike Sweden and Poland, Denmark has refused to help Germany investigate the 2022 sabotage of the Nord Stream gas pipelines.

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has said Germany should not hold those suspected of blowing up the Nord Stream gas pipelines criminally liable.

German media outlets have reported that the security services have discovered a secret weapons cache near Berlin which is believed to have been set up on the orders of the Russian secret services.

The Swiss Federal Council extended support measures for people fleeing the war in Ukraine until 4 March 2028 at its meeting on 19 August, but introduced restrictions.

UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham has said London will support Ukraine 100% against Russia and remain by its side "in ​its hour of need" after Moscow warned London of "consequences" over drone supplies to Kyiv.

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has publicly addressed the man and woman who attacked Ukrainian children in the city of Bydgoszcz, calling on them to turn themselves in to the police.

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha has said that now is the time to resume active discussions on frozen Russian assets and how they can be used to support Ukraine.

The department for the protection of fundamental freedoms of the Paris Public Prosecutor's Office has launched an investigation "on its own initiative" into suspicions of Russian interference in France's presidential election.

A Ukrainian man has received a prison sentence in Germany for allegedly plotting to carry out arson attacks on behalf of Russia.

An unidentified object entered the airspace of the Republic of Moldova on the evening of 17 August, after which the country recorded an explosion.

Ukrainian rapper and blogger Slevin Dadyan (Albert Vasyliev), better known as Kyivstoner, was targeted by a Russian hitman who was arrested in Poland on suspicion of collaborating with the Russian secret services.

A drone crashed in Romania's Tulcea County, about five kilometres from the Ukrainian border, after flying too low to be detected by radar surveillance systems.

Polish Deputy Defence Minister Cezary Tomczyk has dismissed criticism from former defence minister Mariusz Błaszczak regarding the possible transfer of several Patriot system missiles to Ukraine, stating that this would not weaken Poland's defence capabilities.

Mariusz Błaszczak, former Polish defence minister, has said that the government's plans to provide Ukraine with missiles for Patriot air defence systems are unacceptable.

Magdalena Sobkowiak-Czarnecka, Deputy Defence Minister of Poland, has said her country is considering transferring another batch of Patriot missiles to Ukraine.

Ukraine's State Emergency Service (SES) has submitted a request for international assistance in the form of humanitarian mine clearance equipment, with the appeal published on NATO's website.