Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova has threatened that Russia could attack UK military targets in Ukraine and "beyond its borders" in response to Ukrainian strikes in which it alleges British-made weapons were used.

Sergei Naryshkin, head of Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service, has confirmed that he met and held talks with CIA Director John Ratcliffe during Ratcliffe's visit to Moscow on 25 August.

The Bulgarian Navy has identified wreckage from several drones discovered along the country's Black Sea coast.

Russia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has summoned Liliana Burda, Romania's chargée d'affaires in Moscow.

It has emerged that Polish President Karol Nawrocki sent his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy a congratulatory letter marking the 35th anniversary of the restoration of Ukraine's independence, wishing Ukraine victory in the war.

Debris from an unidentified drone was found on a beach in Olimp in Romania's Constanța county on the morning of 26 August.

Ukraine has received missiles for Patriot air defence systems and AIM missiles following recent meetings in the NB8 and Coalition of the Willing formats.

Kremlin adviser Andrei Fedorov has said that British factories producing drones and missile components could face attacks from "unknown sources" following the UK's decision to share Storm Shadow missile production technology with Ukraine.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has shared an Independence Day message he received from US President Donald Trump.

Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze has congratulated Ukraine and its people on Independence Day.

The Kremlin has said the UK's decision to hand over secret technology for producing long-range Storm Shadow/SCALP missiles to Ukraine is "adding fuel to the flames".

The European Commission approved new defence procurement for Ukraine worth €6.1 billion on 24 August as part of the EU's €90 billion loan.

The heads of state and government of the UK, Estonia, Luxembourg and Moldova, as well as European Council President António Costa, arrived in Kyiv on the morning of 24 August to mark Ukraine's Independence Day.

Spanish F-18 fighter jets were scrambled in Romania on 13 August after aerial assets near the border with Ukraine prompted the authorities to issue an air-raid warning for the third time that day.

Poland's Internal Security Agency, working with the police, has detained a Russian national who was preparing to murder a dual US-Ukrainian citizen on behalf of Russian intelligence services.

The Portuguese Air Force will strengthen its maritime surveillance with AR5 drones specially designed by technology company Tekever for maritime missions.

Moldova is providing a 50% discount on rail transit for Ukrainian cargo, with the new arrangement in effect from 10 August until the end of the year.

The Lithuanian government on Wednesday 12 August approved changes to its plan for constructing defensive engineering fortifications along the borders with Belarus and Russia's Kaliningrad Oblast, including the creation of a new defensive belt.

Germany has delivered a €5.7 million aid package to the State Emergency Service of Ukraine (SES), including robotic systems.

Marc Henrichmann, chairman of the German Bundestag's Parliamentary Oversight Panel and member of the Christian Democratic Union party, wants Germany's intelligence services, which he says need to be "rebuilt from the ground up", to be given powers to carry out pre-emptive cyberattacks against Russian drone manufacturers.