Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdoğan have held a telephone conversation during which Erdoğan said that his country is ready to host a summit between the Russian and Ukrainian leaders.

Switzerland expanded its sanctions list against Russia on Tuesday 12 August, adding 14 individuals and 41 entities.

Washington and Moscow are working on an agreement to halt the war in Ukraine that would lock in Russia’s occupation of some of the territories it has seized during its full-scale invasion.

US President Donald Trump has spoken with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni about the possibility of holding a meeting with Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin in Rome.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has held a phone call with his Latvian counterpart Edgars Rinkēvičs to discuss efforts toward peace, continued support for Ukraine and deeper Euro-Atlantic integration.

The Embassy of Ukraine in Georgia has reported that measures have been taken to provide food, essential items and medicine to Ukrainian citizens stranded in the buffer zone at the Georgian border.

The Polish outlet Onet has reported having learned the details of a "favourable" American proposal regarding Ukraine, which was presented to Russian ruler Vladimir Putin during talks with Steve Witkoff, US President Donald Trump’s Special Envoy, in Moscow.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has stated that he discussed formats for potential high-level meetings during yesterday’s phone call with US President Donald Trump and European leaders.

Since the second half of June, Russia has significantly intensified the deportation of Ukrainian citizens across the border with Georgia, causing a humanitarian crisis in the buffer zone of the Dariali border crossing point, with some Ukrainians declaring a hunger strike.

Andrii Nadzhos, Deputy Minister of Culture and Strategic Communications of Ukraine, has announced that Ukraine will begin search and exhumation works in Poland in September.

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte has thanked Denmark, Norway and Sweden for their swift decision to fund a military aid package for Ukraine.

Sweden, Norway and Denmark will jointly allocate approximately NOK 5 billion (approx. US$486 million) to a NATO initiative to supply American weapons to Ukraine.

Rolf Mützenich, former leader of the SPD parliamentary group in Germany's Bundestag, has criticised a "nuclear exchange" between the United States and Russia, calling it irresponsible.