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 | Ukraine builds an army where robots die so soldiers don’t have to. A New York tech CEO is finding the answer to Russia’s three-to-one manpower advantage. |
 | NATO banned weapons to this Ukrainian unit. Now they study its tactics.. Azov went from pariah to the territorial defense case study. |
 | Zelenskyy demands “everything” for security while Trump hints at vague Article 5-like protection. Ukraine wants weapons, troops, and intelligence support. Trump says he will discuss the guarantees with NATO allies later today. |
 | Triptorelin peptide: A scientific overview. Researchers have theorized that Triptorelin may interact with receptor sites involved in pituitary signaling, potentially affecting gonadotropin secretion and broader physiological responses in the observed research models |
 | Ukraine’s Flamingo missile is for blasting Russian factories. Ukraine has a new cruise missile. It may be one of the hardest-hitting missiles in the world. But it’s unclear how many Kyiv can afford. |
Military
Ukraine’s strike disrupts oil supplies to three EU countries still purchasing Russian oil. Ukraine’s 950km strike completely halted Russia’s Druzhba pipeline, cutting oil supplies to Hungary, Czech Republic, and Slovakia while targeting infrastructure that funds Moscow’s 6.3% GDP war spending.
Syrskyi: Russian troops defeated near Sumy, redeploying to other direction. Russian forces abandoned their offensive in Sumy Oblast after two months without territorial gains, with elite paratroopers and marines now redeploying to the Zaporizhzhia direction
Frontline report: Azov corps encircles 800 Russian soldiers after 18-kilometer breakthrough collapses. Azov command reports an additional 101 Russian soldiers wounded and 13 taken prisoner during the rapid response operation that mobilized Ukraine’s 1st national guard army corps.
Russian soldiers apparently parading with American flag in occupied Ukraine. Propaganda video emerges days after Trump welcomed Putin in Alaska.
Intelligence and technology
Ukraine gains access to the EU’s €1 billion defense contracts. Ukraine transforms from aid recipient to partner as EU opens €1 billion in defense contracts to battle-tested Ukrainian companies.
Post-war Ukraine set to supply military equipment across Europe, says US diplomat.
Frontline report: Azerbaijan is mass-producing 122mm and 155mm shells — Ukraine wants them all. Russia hit Azerbaijan’s oil sites in Ukraine. Baku answered by threatening to send weapons.
International
Ambassador resigns over Trump-Zelenskyy shouting match in Oval Office. Brigitte Brink revealed that a 28 February tense argument between Trump and Zelenskyy, during a meeting meant to seal a mineral resources deal, was a key reason she stepped down as US Ambassador to Ukraine.
US journalist apologizes to Zelenskyy after February suit controversy sparks in Oval Office. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy delivered a response that highlighted the contrast between changing clothes and changing positions on the war.
EU increases its imports of Russian liquefied natural gas in six months.
President Zelenskyy meets Trump’s special envoy for Ukraine, before Trump’s office visit. Seven European leaders accompanied President Zelenskyy to Washington for 18 August meetings with Trump administration officials
Live updates: Zelenskyy meets with Trump, European leaders to stop Russia’s mass killings in Ukraine. Since 2022, Russia has killed nearly 14,000 civilians and committed nearly 160,000 war crimes in Ukraine.
Trump reportedly threatened to end talks in Alaska when Putin wanted entire Donetsk Oblast – media. Negotiations between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin reached a critical juncture in Alaska when Putin demanded for complete control over Ukraine’s Donetsk Oblast
Humanitarian and social impact
Ukraine says Russia teaches children from occupied territories to hate democratic world in brainwashing military camps. Russian investment in teenage military camps reveals preparation for extended war rather than peace.
Russia kills family with five drones in Ukrainian region, which is under Washington’s negotiation agenda. Moscow’s coordinated drone assault on sleeping civilians tests whether targeted family killings can influence the peace talks in Washington.
Russian missiles hit Zaporizhzhia infrastructure, casualties mount to 17 in 24 hours. Russian ballistic missiles struck Zaporizhzhia on Sunday morning, injuring six people including two in serious condition
Azerbaijan oil depot SOCAR hit by 10 Russian drones in second Odesa attack this month. The same SOCAR oil depot targeted by Russian drones on 8 Aug. came under attack again overnight, igniting fires that required over 100 emergency responders and a railway fire train to extinguish
Death toll from Russian attack on residential area in Kharkiv rises to 5, including toddler and teenager. The youngest victim was just 18 months old when Russian Geran-2 drones struck a five-story apartment building in Kharkiv’s Industrial district, killing five people and injuring 20 others in the dawn attack.
Political and legal developments
Ukraine exposes 1,000-ship Russian “shadow fleet” using fake flags to fund war. Ukraine’s new tracking portal reveals how Moscow transforms stolen grain and oil into weapons funding,
Russia gunpowder plant explosion kills 20, injures 134 in Ryazan Oblast safety breach. Russia’s military explosives plant Elastik suffered another deadly blast Friday, killing 20 workers in one of the region’s worst industrial accidents.
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