Ukraine's 426th Unmanned Systems Regiment of the Navy reported that marines destroyed a Russian BM-27 Uragan multiple launch rocket system with an FPV drone.
Yevhen Khmara's appointment as Ukraine's defense minister passed with 312 of 392 votes. Every parliamentary faction and group had a majority voting in favor. Servant of the People backed him 193/229, European Solidarity 16/26, Batkivshchyna 16/24, Holos 13/19, Platform for Life and Peace 18/21, Dovira 18/19, For the Future 15/18, Restoration of Ukraine 12/17 and unaffiliated MPs 11/19.
❗️Ukraine's Verkhovna Rada appointed Yevhen Khmara as Ukraine's defense minister. The appointment received 312 votes in favor.
❗️President Zelensky confirmed that 103 Ukrainian service members are returning home from Russian captivity today. They include personnel from the Armed Forces, State Border Guard Service and National Guard. Among those freed are defenders who fought in Mariupol and on the Donetsk, Luhansk, Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia, Kherson, Dnipro and Sumy sectors.
❗️Ukraine's Verkhovna Rada appointed Yevhen Khmara as Ukraine's defense minister. The appointment received 312 votes in favor.
Ukraine's General Staff confirmed additional damage from the August 15 strike in Samara. A workshop assembling engines for Soyuz launch vehicles and an aircraft maintenance workshop at the Aviakor aviation plant were hit. A fire covering about 5,000 square meters was also recorded at RKC Progress, which the General Staff described as a key Russian rocket and space industry enterprise involved in p...
A large fire broke out at a substation near the VNIIR-Progress microelectronics plant in Cheboksary, Russia. The plant itself was previously hit twice this year, in May and June, in attacks involving drones and FP-5 Flamingo cruise missiles.
Ukraine's Verkhovna Rada appointed Andrii Sybiha as foreign minister with 226 votes. Parliament will next consider the appointment of Yevhen Khmara as Ukraine's defense minister.
Ukraine's Fire Point put its FP-5 Flamingo cruise missile on display at DALO Industry Days 2026 in Denmark, alongside the FP-7 and FP-9 ballistic missile systems and its FP-1 and FP-2 strike drones.
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❗️A 22-drone attack struck the territory of Russia's 44th Separate Special Purpose Aviation Regiment, military unit 83122, at Savasleyka on August 15. Five of the site's 22 fuel storage tanks, each with a capacity of 50 tons, were damaged. A technical facility and aircraft hangar No. 18 were also damaged, while no military personnel were reported injured.
Ukraine's NABU and SAP say they exposed a scheme to launder UAH 150 million in illicit cash to secure bail for a suspect in the Midas case. Suspects include a deputy head of the Presidential Office, a former MP, and the CEO and supervisory board chair of state-owned Sense Bank. Investigators also documented attempts to install loyal people inside NABU and other law enforcement bodies.
Ukraine’s NABU and SAPO launched Operation “Forrest Gump” against an alleged criminal organization that investigators say was led by current and former MPs and included senior Presidential Office officials and others. Lawmakers say searches are underway at…
❗️At least five grain ships were hit by drones near Russia's Black Sea ports of Novorossiysk and Tuapse on August 17-18, Bloomberg reported, citing people familiar with the matter. Four vessels were hit on August 18 and a fifth on August 17, the first confirmed attacks on grain ships serving the affected Russian ports. The Russian-flagged Victoria V was among those hit, while a fire aboard the Lib...
Russian occupiers in Sevastopol are installing 12-15-meter supports and anti-drone netting around a 129 MW mobile gas-turbine power plant. The nearby Sevastopol power substation has no such protection; one generating unit at the plant was damaged by a drone explosion yesterday.