President Volodymyr Zelensky said that people are still trapped under the rubble in Kostiantynivka after a Russian strike on a post office and supermarket, and that a rescue operation is underway. Four people have already been reported dead and 24 injured. — Ukrinform.
The Hungarian government’s arguments against Ukraine’s sanctions on Russian oil company Lukoil are falling apart. Hungary accused Ukraine of “blackmail” and endangering its energy security after Ukrainian sanctions blocked Lukoil, Russia’s second-largest oil company, from transiting crude oil through the Druzhba pipeline in June. Hungary and Slovakia were exempt from the EU’s Russian oil sanctions in 2022, which made up 65-70% of supplies to Hungarian oil refiner Mol and its Slovakian subsidia
German-supplied weapons may be used in Ukraine's "completely legitimate" incursion into Russia's Kursk Oblast, the Bundestag's Defense Committee Chair Marcus Faber said on Aug. 8 after Russia claimed that German equipment was involved in the operation.
The arrival of F-16 fighter jets in Ukraine will not alter the United States' policy restricting Ukraine's long-range strikes into Russian territory,
Key developments on Aug. 5: * Russian Su-34 jet destroyed in Ukraine's strike on Morozovsk airfield, Kyiv says * Explosions heard in Kyiv at 11 p.m. shortly after air alert sounds * Ukraine seeks to create coalition to shoot down Russian missiles, Zelensky says * UK soldiers warned Russia could be spying on training of Ukrainian troops * SBU intercepts large-scale FSB saboteur network across Ukraine * Machine factory caught fire after strike on Russian-occupied Luhansk, governor says The