Ukraine's Ambassador to the United States Oksana Markarova considers Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, who will be the vice presidential candidate from the Democrats, a "reliable friend of our country".

Lithuanian law enforcement services have said they are investigating reports of a Lithuanian individual who is said to be fighting alongside Russia against Ukraine.

The "most ambitious prisoner exchange in recent years" between Russia and Western nations took place in Ankara on 1 August, the National Intelligence Organisation of Türkiye (MIT) has reported.

Starting from Thursday 1 August, Russia, the United States, Germany, and three other countries are carrying out a prisoner swap.

In February 2022, a few days before Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, US Vice President Kamala Harris turned down the idea of preventive sanctions against Moscow, suggested by the Ukrainian side.

The specialists of the Ministry of National Defence of Romania have found the debris of a drone in another Romanian settlement not far from the border with Ukraine on 31 July.

The first batch of F-16 fighter jets has arrived in Ukraine.

Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal has commented on recent conversations with his Slovak counterpart Robert Fico regarding Ukraine's restrictions on the transit of oil produced by the Russian company Lukoil to Slovakia and Hungary.

Self-proclaimed President of Belarus Aleksandr Lukashenko said that he decided to pardon German citizen Rico Krieger, who was sentenced to death allegedly because of working for "Ukrainian special services."

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni stated that at a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping, she "quite clearly raised" the topic of China backing Russia's war in Ukraine.

Peter Szijjártó, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Hungary, has once again expressed his dissatisfaction with the absence of reaction of the European Commission to Ukraine’s ban on the transit of the oil produced and shipped by Russian company Lukoil through its territory.

The participants of the fighter jet coalition who facilitate the training of Ukrainian pilots on F-16 fighter jets and the supply of these aircraft, are discussing how to satisfy Kyiv’s need for a bigger number of pilots.

The United States agreed to provide Ukraine with American-made missiles for F-16 jets, which will be delivered by European allies.

The Department of Defense of the US has published a list of armaments which will be transferred to Ukraine within the next military aid package valued at US$200 million, as well as the upcoming US$1.5 billion defence package.

John Kirby, White House National Security Communications Advisor, stated at a briefing on 29 July that the US would supply Ukraine with another military aid package valued at US$200 million.