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The Kyiv Independent: A Russian drone strike on the northeastern city of Okhtyrka in Sumy Oblast left 12 people injured, including two children, local authorities reported on Aug. 20.
Reuters: Oil is once again flowing to Hungary and Slovakia via the Druzhba pipeline, officials from both countries said late on Tuesday, after a Ukrainian drone strike on an oil pumping station in Russia's Tambov region halted supplies.
Bloomberg: India’s state-run refiners have returned to buying Russian oil after a brief pause, despite the South Asian nation facing higher tariffs for the trade and a volley of criticism from Trump officials (archive).
Reuters: U.S. and European military planners have begun exploring post-conflict security guarantees for Ukraine, U.S. officials and sources told Reuters on Tuesday, following Trump's pledge to help protect the country under any deal to end Russia's war.
The Kyiv Independent: A package of security guarantees for Ukraine could be finalized as soon as this week, with European leaders moving quickly after Trump signaled support for the plan, Bloomberg reported on Aug. 19.
ISW: Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov accurately stated that the Kremlin's objective in Ukraine is to politically control all of Ukraine rather than to seize select Ukrainian territories such as Donetsk Oblast.
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Axios: Senior officials from the U.S., Ukraine and several European countries are expected to work in the coming days on a detailed proposal for security guarantees for Ukraine, likely involving U.S. air power.
Politico: The White House is planning for a possible trilateral meeting between the U.S., Russian and Ukrainian presidents in the Hungarian capital of Budapest as the next steps in negotiating an end to the years-long war.
Bloomberg: Trump called Viktor Orban on Monday following talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and European leaders to discuss why the Hungarian prime minister was blocking Ukraine’s accession talks with the European Union (archive).
Reuters: European Council President Antonio Costa said on Tuesday the process to make Ukraine a member of the European Union needs to advance and Europe has to be part of any peace negotiations alongside Ukraine, Russia and the United States.
The Kyiv Independent: Russia has resumed grain shipments to Syria from within occupied Crimea, transporting stolen grain from Ukraine's occupied territories, reported Kateryna Yaresko, a journalist with the Ukrainian SeaKrime project that tracks Russia's illegal shipping activity.
AFP: Putin proposed holding a peace summit with Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky in Moscow, according to three sources familiar with a phone call between US President Donald Trump and Russia's leader.
Politico: Moscow on Tuesday moved to cool expectations of a long-awaited face-to-face summit between Zelensky and Putin, despite much excitement following Trump’s White House meetings with top European leaders on Monday.
The Kyiv Independent: Ukrainian long-range drones destroyed two Russian ammunition depots in occupied Luhansk Oblast, the Security Service of Ukraine reported on Aug. 19.
AP News: President Donald Trump on Tuesday offered his assurances that U.S. troops would not be sent to help defend Ukraine against Russia after seeming to leave open the possibility the day before.
Reuters: U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Tuesday accused India of profiteering from its sharply increased purchases of Russian oil during the war in Ukraine, saying Washington viewed the situation as unacceptable.
Reuters: The British government said on Tuesday European leaders were weighing additional sanctions to ramp up pressure on Putin as part of a broader push to put an end to the war in Ukraine.
The Moscow Times: Russia has returned the bodies of 1,000 Ukrainian soldiers, five of whom died while in Russian captivity, authorities in Kyiv and Moscow said Tuesday.
AFP: Switzerland and Austria said Tuesday that they would host Putin if he came for talks on peace in Ukraine, despite the International Criminal Court's arrest warrant.
The Kyiv Independent: Ukrainian drones struck an oil refinery in Russia's Volgograd Oblast overnight on Aug. 19, regional governor Andrei Bocharov said.
worth mentioning
Preschoolers in 22 Russian regions to be given propaganda lessons to ‘boost patriotism’
Chinese refiners sweep up Russian oil after Indian demand falls, analysts say
Pace of Russian army recruitment falls to two-year low
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