Kaja Kallas, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, has said that the European Union plans to present a new package of sanctions against Russia in the coming months, which could be the largest since the beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has spoken with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, discussing priority areas for cooperation.

Estonia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has said the country has allocated more than €300,000 to help Ukraine prepare for winter amid the war.

US President Donald Trump has said Russia agreed to release former US Marine Robert Gilman, who was jailed in Russia in 2022.

Olesia Ilashchuk, Ukraine's Ambassador to Bulgaria, has said its defence forces did not deliberately direct drones towards Bulgaria or any of Kyiv's other partner countries, and that Ukraine is willing to co-operate in investigating the 8 August drone crash.

Poland's Institute of National Remembrance has announced the completion of work to exhume victims of the Volyn tragedy in two former villages in Volyn.

A farewell ceremony for Polish volunteer Marek Rusek-Wolski, who was killed in Ukraine, was held in Kyiv on 7 August.

Luxembourg has contributed an additional €8 million to the Ukraine Energy Support Fund, bringing its total contribution to €30 million.

Ukraine's acting Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha has welcomed the new sanctions the European Union introduced in response to recent Russian aerial attacks on Ukrainian regions.

A drunk man has attacked a Ukrainian passer-by and two Polish citizens, whom he called "Banderites" in Gdansk, Poland.

Unknown individuals have desecrated a Ukrainian memorial site in the Białystok forest near the village of Liski in Poland's Lublin Voivodeship. Ukraine's embassy has raised the matter with the Polish authorities.

An increase in Russia-backed disinformation campaigns has been recorded in Germany ahead of regional elections in the federal states.

French President Emmanuel Macron has condemned a large-scale Russian attack on Kyiv and Kyiv Oblast on the night of 4-5 August.

NATO says it is aware of a drone discovered at Leipzig/Halle Airport in Germany.

German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius has confirmed that Ukraine is receiving the RCH-155 wheeled howitzer.