The State Border Guard Service of Ukraine has reported that a Russian strike damaged the Tabaky international border crossing on the Moldova border on the night of 20-21 August, forcing the temporary suspension of passenger and vehicle traffic.

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha has responded to incidents in which Russian drones violated Moldovan and Romanian airspace on the night of 19-20 August, noting that Moscow is increasingly testing the resolve of NATO and its partners.

A military drone entered Moldova's airspace for approximately six minutes on the night of 19-20 August. Early reports have indicated it may have been a Shahed drone.

A drone entered Romanian airspace on the night of 19-20 August and crashed in Tulcea County near the Ukrainian border. Romania scrambled fighter jets and a helicopter to monitor the situation.

The Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian Parliament) has appointed acting Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha as the new Minister of Foreign Affairs.

The Financial Times has learned that Rodney Mims Cook Jr, chairman of the US Commission of Fine Arts, undertook a "quiet diplomatic mission" to St Petersburg this summer to meet Russian officials at the request of US President Donald Trump.

Russia has accused the UK of "deliberately seeking escalation" after reports in the media said British-made drones had been used in strikes on targets inside Russia.

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.