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Ukrainian Churches resist protected status for Russian Church and language in Ukraine
Church Times
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August 19, 2025
UKRAINIAN religious leaders are resisting any demand for the Russian Orthodox Church and language to have an official status in their country. This, together with a warning against “reducing everything to the issue of territories”, is among the...
Ukraine eyes $100 billion weapons deal, $50 billion drone pact with US to woo Trump
Mint
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August 19, 2025
Ukraine will vow to but $100 billion worth of American weapons, strike a $50 billion deal with the country to produce drone in a bid to get US guarantees for its security after its peace deal with Russia, according to a new report. As per the...
Ukraine Receives Remains of 1,000 Soldiers from Russia, Including Five Who Died in Captivity
Yemen News Agency SABA
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Ukraine Receives Remains of 1,000 Soldiers from Russia, Including Five Who Died in Captivity Kyiv – Saba: The Ukrainian authorities announced on Tuesday that Russia has returned the remains of 1,000 Ukrainian soldiers under prior agreements...
Ukrainian Saboteurs Walk 40 km into Russia Only to Get Bullet Holes to Their Heads
Pravda.ru
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August 19, 2025
Ukrainian Saboteurs Walk 40 km into Russia Only to Get Bullet Holes to Their Heads A Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance group (DRG) crossed into Russia’s Bryansk region, advancing dozens of kilometers before being intercepted by Russian forces....
Ukraine launches first AI-support government service
Babel
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Ukraine has launched the first state service with artificial intelligence (AI) support. It concerns the registration of a veterinary license in the "eDozvil" service. This is reported on the website of the "Diia" service. In order to obtain a...
Ukrainian Security Service's drones set fire to Russian storage point in Luhansk Oblast – photos
Ukrainska Pravda
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Photo: submitted to Ukrainska Pravda Drones of the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) struck two Russian ammunition depots in the settlement of Bilokurakyne in temporarily occupied Luhansk Oblast on the night of 18-19 August. Source: SSU press...
Ukraine security guarantees emerge as sticking point after European leaders meet Trump
The Parliament Magazine
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August 19, 2025
European leaders left an extraordinary meeting at the White House on Monday relieved that US President Donald Trump hadn’t compelled Ukraine to make land concessions to Russia, and hopeful of a US-backed security presence — but without any...
Ukraine Ambassador At U.S. Summit, Rejects Land Concessions To Russia
African Examiner
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August 19, 2025
Posted by African Examiner Featured, Latest Headlines, World News Tuesday, August 19th, 2025 (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ukraine’s Ambassador to Germany, Oleksii Makeiev, has welcomed the show of unity at the Ukraine summit in Washington, while stressing...
Ukraine’s biggest-ever cruise missile carries 2,205-pound warhead, 1,860-mile range
Interesting Engineering - New York
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August 19, 2025
A Ukrainian defense manufacturer has unveiled the country’s newest long-range cruise missile, the “Flamingo,” which is reportedly entering serial production, according to photographs shared on social media by an Associated Press photographer,...
Ukrainian sisters and Welsh sponsor launch fusion cafe
BBC
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ShareSave Ukrainian-Welsh fusion cafe Coffi Kava opened last month at Caerphilly railway station Two sisters who came to Wales to escape war after Russia's invasion of Ukraine have teamed up with the NHS worker who sponsored them to open a cafe...
Ukraine repatriates 1,000 bodies, including prisoners of war
Hromadske
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Bodies of 1,000 dead returned to UkraineCoordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of WarAs a result of repatriation efforts, Ukraine has received the bodies of 1,000 deceased citizens from Russia, which the Russian side claims...
Ukrainian children taken by Russia must be returned before any peace deal, official says
Denver 7 - Colorado
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August 19, 2025
Since the start of the war in Ukraine, nearly 20,000 children have been forcibly taken to Russia or Belarus, according to the organization Bring Kids Back. Only about 1,400 of those children have been returned to their families. Now, with talks of...
Ukrainian Drone Attack Sparks Fire at Volgograd Oil Refinery
The Moscow Times
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August 19, 2025
Overnight Ukrainian drone attacks sparked a brief fire at one of southern Russia’s largest oil refineries, as well as a hospital in the city of Volgograd, authorities said early Tuesday. Volgograd region Governor Andrei Bocharov said the fires...
Ukraine expresses gratitude to Azerbaijan for continuous humanitarian support
AzerNews
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August 19, 2025
On the occasion of World Humanitarian Day, the Embassy of Ukraine in Azerbaijan expressed deep appreciation for the assistance provided by Baku since the beginning of the war, Azernews reports. In a statement shared on the social network “X,” the...
Ukrainian forces destroy Russian fuel train
APA
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The Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed a fuel-carrying train in the territory of Zaporizhzhia region, APA reports, citing Ukrainian media. The country's armed forces have struck a freight train carrying fuel tanks in Russia's temporarily occupied...
Ukrainian mayors visit Superior to share ideas, explore economic development
Copper Area News - Arizona
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August 19, 2025
Officials from the Town of Superior and Mayors of towns in the Ukraine. Photo by Debbie Torres The Town of Superior recently welcomed a delegation of five mayors from the Ukraine as part of a leadership exchange coordinated by Global Ties Arizona...
Ukrainian Embassy thanks Azerbaijan
APA
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The Ukrainian Embassy thanked Azerbaijan for humanitarian aid, the embassy shared on social media account, APA reports. "Today - on the occasion of World Humanitarian Day - we remember those who protect and support humanity in the most difficult...
Ukrainian drones destroy 2 Russian ammo depots in Luhansk Oblast, Security Service says
The Kyiv Independent
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August 19, 2025
Warm words, thin results: White House meeting lifts Ukraine, but tough road ahead When President Volodymyr Zelensky joined U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House on Aug. 18, the positive mood between the leaders stood in stark contrast to...
Ukrainian-Language Film Sanatorium to Represent Ireland at the 2026 Oscars
98FM
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August 19, 2025
The Irish Film & Television Academy (IFTA) has selected Sanatorium, a Ukrainian-language feature directed by Galway-born filmmaker Gar O’Rourke, to represent Ireland in the Best International Feature Film category at the 2026 Academy Awards. This...
Ukrainian Archbishop Borys Gudziak has questions about peace plan discussed by Trump, Putin
Dialog - Delaware
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August 19, 2025
The Alaska summit between President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin held on Aug. 15 has ultimately failed to address the “fundamental moral and geopolitical questions” of Rua’s multiyssiear war on Ukraine, said Metropolitan...