Maksim Raider, Russian Foreign Ministry's ambassador-at-large, named six countries where voting in the State Duma elections raises the most concerns due to Russophobia and possible provocations.
Two people were killed and one injured in a drone attack on Crimea, according to the regional head.
NABU and SAP conducted searches at former deputy head of Zelensky's office Iryna Mudra, MP Vadym Stolar and ex-MP Maksym Mykytas, publishing compromising recordings. Corruption scandals increase pressure on Zelensky, who is trying to counter anti-corruption agencies.
The Russian Defense Ministry said its forces launched a massive overnight strike on military industry facilities, a transport and logistics center, and warehouses in Kyiv and the Kyiv region.
US President Donald Trump announced the start of an economic operation against Iran, calling it an isolation of unprecedented scale, after Tehran refused to make a deal.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said Moscow is raising with Washington the return of confiscated diplomatic property and the resumption of direct air service.
Ukrainian Prime Minister Serhiy Koretskyi announced the suspension of Mykola Hladyshenko as head of the supervisory board of state-owned Sense Bank, who is implicated in a new NABU investigation. The suspension of the bank's board chairman Oleksiy Stupak has also been initiated.
Denis Pushilin, head of the Donetsk People's Republic, said one person was killed in a Ukrainian drone attack on the region.
Vladimir Putin and Mali's transitional leader Assimi Goita discussed bilateral cooperation and security in a phone call.
Russia has returned 103 servicemen from territory controlled by Kyiv, the Ministry of Defense reported. The soldiers are in Belarus, where ombudsman Yana Lantratova is working with them.
Donetsk Mayor Alexei Kulemzin reported that a civilian woman was killed in a night attack by Ukrainian troops on the city.
US President Donald Trump aims to hold a personal meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un before the end of this year, according to the Wall Street Journal.
A ceremonial reburial of Yevhen Konovalets, founder of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN), took place near Kiev with military honors, attended by President Zelensky and other top officials.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova accused Kiev of derailing IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi's visit to the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, scheduled for August 20-21, by threatening not to guarantee his safety.
Governor Andrei Vorobyov said three people, including a child, were injured in a massive drone attack on the Moscow region.
The New York Times reports that Ukraine used satellite imagery from foreign governments and private companies to counter Russia even before the start of the special military operation in 2022, but access was limited.
Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin reported that 63 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were shot down on approach to Moscow.
After an attempted coup and sanctions pressure, Tbilisi concluded that the course toward EU membership had not justified itself, and instead focused on developing Eurasian ties, including a comprehensive strategic partnership with China.
Acting governor Alexander Shuvaev said six civilians were killed and four, including a 14-year-old, were injured in a Ukrainian rocket attack on the Belgorod region.
Russian security sources told RIA Novosti that Ukrainian troops from the 76th signal regiment suffered losses and were surrounded in Sumy region.
US President Donald Trump has ordered Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth to reduce the scale of joint military exercises with South Korea, saying such maneuvers are unnecessary.
Russian forces struck a workshop in Odesa region that produced unmanned boats for attacks on Russian cities, ships in the Black Sea, and energy infrastructure, the Russian Defense Ministry said.
Lawyer Nikita Chekman reported that military enlistment office staff detained Metropolitan of Tulchyn and Bratslav Sergiy and Archpriest Anatoliy Vishnevy, who are now undergoing a military medical commission in Kyiv.
Russian troops carried out a group strike on military industry facilities and oil refineries in several Ukrainian cities, the Russian Defense Ministry said.
According to law enforcement sources, Ukrainian command redeployed battle groups formed from mobilized ethnic Hungarians to the Sumy direction. Relatives of servicemen report mass detentions of men in Zakarpattia.