Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has announced that on Thursday, he will have "many calls and contacts" to promote peace and "guarantee Ukraine's independence under any circumstances".

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.

The United States is auctioning off a luxury yacht belonging to Russian oligarch Suleiman Kerimov, who was sanctioned after Russia launched its full-scale war against Ukraine.

Romania scrambled its F-16 fighter jets in response to a large-scale Russian attack targeting Ukraine’s southern oblasts on the night of 5-6 August.

Steve Witkoff, US President Donald Trump’s Special Envoy for the Middle East, has arrived in Moscow on an official visit.

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.

Russia has accused the United States of putting trade pressure on India after US President Donald Trump voiced his intention to raise tariffs with India.

A series of statements about new military aid packages for Ukraine from various countries under NATO’s Prioritised Ukraine Requirements List (PURL) mechanism will be made soon, US Ambassador to NATO Matthew Whitaker has said.

The European Union intends to push for sanctions against China over its support for Russia in the war against Ukraine.

Finnish President Alexander Stubb has held a phone conversation with US President Donald Trump, during which Russia's war against Ukraine was one of the topics discussed.

US President Donald Trump plans to significantly increase tariffs on imports from India due to its active trade in Russian oil.

The temporary Russian occupation of part of Ukrainian territory may be the necessary price for Ukraine's survival as a sovereign state.

Poland has accused a Colombian national of carrying out arson attacks on construction warehouses in two Polish cities on behalf of Russian intelligence.

The United Kingdom has condemned the Russian attacks on Zaporizhzhia Oblast and Kamianske, a city near Dnipro, that took place on the night of 28-29 July and killed 20 civilians.

Europe’s infrastructure – including roads, bridges, and railways – cannot support the rapid deployment of tanks, troops, and military cargo in the event of a war with Russia, said Apostolos Tzitzikostas, European Commissioner for Transport and Tourism.

Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, co-author of a bill introducing new sanctions against Russia, has responded to threats from Dmitry Medvedev, Deputy Chairman of Russia’s Security Council, who spoke of a "war" between Moscow and Washington.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has expressed hope that peace talks between Ukraine and Russia will be arranged in the near future, leading to an end to the war.

US President Donald Trump has announced a new deadline for Kremlin ruler Vladimir Putin to end Russia's war against Ukraine.

US President Donald Trump has stated that he will shorten the 50-day deadline he had previously set for Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin to reach a peace agreement in Russia's war against Ukraine.

Oleksii Makeiev, Ukraine’s ambassador to Germany, has said that Ukraine has ordered a total of 18 IRIS-T SLM air defence systems from Germany, seven of which have already been delivered with another 11 to follow later.

Lithuanian authorities are continuing to search for an unidentified drone that was reportedly seen and heard by many people near the border with Belarus and close to Vilnius at around 05:00.

Poland scrambled aircraft to patrol its airspace amid a Russian missile attack on Ukraine on the night of 27-28 July.

The Krakow Prosecutor’s Office has launched an investigation into a Polish citizen fighting alongside the Russian Federation and disseminating Russian propaganda.

Following Russia’s attack on Kyiv during the night of 3-4 July, which damaged the consular section of Poland’s embassy, Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski phoned US President’s special envoy Keith Kellogg and called for a resumption of arms supplies to Ukraine.

A field base of Norwegian People's Aid – a humanitarian organisation assisting with demining in Ukraine – was hit in Mykolaiv on the night of 23-24 July.

German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul has said he is taking a cautious approach to an initiative to supply Ukraine with long-range Taurus missiles.