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Reuters: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Tuesday after his meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump and European leaders that security guarantees for Kyiv will likely be worked out within 10 days.
The Kyiv Independent: Ukraine will promise to buy $100 billions of U.S. weapons financed by Europe as part of a deal to get guarantees from the United States for its security after a peace settlement with Russia, FT reports. The newspaper added that under the proposals, Ukraine and the U.S. would also strike a $50 billion deal to produce drones with Ukrainian companies.
Reuters: NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said on Monday NATO membership for Ukraine was not under discussion but that there was a discussion on "Article 5" type security guarantees for the country.
The Kyiv Independent: Russia launched a wave of missile and drone attacks against Ukrainian cities on Aug. 19, hours after President Volodymyr Zelensky concluded peace talks with U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House.
ISW: The Kremlin did not publicly commit to a bilateral or trilateral leader-level meeting, contrary to Trump's announcement following the August 18 multilateral summit.
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Reuters: U.S. President Donald Trump told President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Monday that the United States would help guarantee Ukraine's security in any deal to end Russia's war there, though the extent of any assistance was not immediately clear.
Politico: European Council President António Costa called a virtual meeting of EU leaders Tuesday to debrief Monday’s summit in Washington between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, U.S. President Donald Trump and European leaders.
Reuters: Ukrainian officials working on a joint investment fund with the U.S. are preparing for a visit by their American counterparts in September, Kyiv's economy minister said on Monday.
The Kyiv Independent: Wholesale gasoline prices in Russia surged to "historic highs" after a wave of drone strikes forced at least three major refineries to halt production, the Moscow Times reported on Aug. 18.
Reuters: In Russia, barter is back for the first time since the chaos of the 1990s as settlement problems resulting from the war in Ukraine have forced at least one Chinese company to seek steel and aluminium alloys in exchange for engines.
An investigation by Novaya Gazeta Europe has revealed that there has been a sharp increase in the use of hate speech by Russian pro-government media outlets since the start of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
Reuters: Polish prosecutors have charged a Belarusian citizen with planning to set fire to a warehouse in eastern Poland on behalf of foreign intelligence, a spokesperson said on Monday.
Reuters: Ukraine is negotiating a deal with Azerbaijan to import gas from the South Caucasus country this year, Kyiv's energy minister said on Monday.
The Kyiv Independent: Lieutenant General Essedoulla Abatchev, deputy commander of Russia’s Leningrad Military District, was "seriously wounded" in one of Russia’s border regions, Dagestan head Sergei Melikov said on Aug. 18.
Reuters: Russian crude oil flows to Hungary and Slovakia via the Druzhba pipeline were halted on Monday, officials in Hungary and Slovakia said, with Budapest blaming a Ukrainian attack on a part of the network.
Axios: The White House asked Ukrainian officials if President Volodymyr Zelensky will wear a suit to his meeting with Trump in the Oval Office on Monday.
Reuters: Russian attacks on major Ukrainian cities killed at least 10 people on Monday, hours before President Volodymyr Zelenskiy was expected to press his case in Washington against a quick deal to end Moscow's war.
The Kyiv Independent: Russia has occupied less than 1% of Ukrainian territory over 1,010 days of full-scale war (since November 2022), battlefield monitoring group DeepState reported on Aug. 18.
Politico: German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul on Monday slammed China for providing vital backing for Russia's war against Ukraine.
The Kyiv Independent: Three people were killed and 30 injured in a Russian missile strike on the city of Zaporizhzhia on the morning of Aug. 18.
Politico: Slovak PM Fico has suspended official military assistance to Ukraine, criticized EU sanctions against Russia, rejected NATO membership for Kyiv, and met Putin. At the same time, Slovakia's private arms companies are making a bundle by selling weapons to Ukraine.
The Kyiv Independent: Russia is redeploying its troops to Zaporizhzhia Oblast to make a new push in the partially occupied southeastern Ukrainian region, Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi said.
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