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AFP: Multiple Russian missiles and drones targeted the Ukrainian capital Kyiv and its surrounding area on Monday evening, with authorities deploying air defences in response, officials said.

The Kyiv Independent: Companies in Poland are seeing increasing shortages of workers as the influx of Ukrainians into the country slows, Polish newspaper Rzeczpospolita reported on Aug. 5, citing data from Credit Agricole bank.

AP News: The director of an exhibition park showcasing Russia’s military might was arrested on fraud charges along with a top Defense Ministry official, part of a sweeping investigation into abuse of office in the top echelons of the military leadership.

POLITICO: Washington politicians — eager for any signal that Putin’s grip on power could loosen — say they’re hoping the dissidents freed in last week’s prisoner swap can re-energize the Russian opposition.

Bloomberg: Hungary won’t suffer any oil shortages because of Ukraine’s decision to block the transit of Lukoil PJSC’s crude, the chief executive officer of refiner Mol Nyrt. said (archive).

The Kyiv Independent: Kellyanne Conway, a former official in the administration of ex-President Donald Trump, has registered as a lobbyist on behalf of Ukrainian oligarch Victor Pinchuk's philanthropic foundation, foreign lobbying disclosures revealed.

The Moscow Times: Russia's space agency Roscosmos on Monday said the break in ties with the West following Moscow's full-scale invasion of Ukraine has cost it nearly 180 billion rubles ($2.1 billion).

RBC-Ukraine: The Russian forces are attempting to breach the defense in the Siversk direction, according to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

LRT: Lithuanian prosecutors are looking into reports that a Lithuanian man is claiming on social media that he is fighting on the Russian side against Ukraine.

The Kyiv Independent: The EU must take "urgent measures" regarding Hungary's decision to soften visa rules for Russian and Belarusian citizens, a group of 69 European parliamentarians said.

The Moscow Times: A group of cossacks and other pro-government activists disrupted an annual event in the northwestern republic of Karelia commemorating the victims of Stalin’s purges, the Memorial human rights group said Monday.

Reuters: Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian told a senior ally of Putin on Monday that Tehran was determined to expand relations with its "strategic partner Russia", Iranian state media reported.

The Kyiv Independent: The Security Service of Ukraine said on Aug. 5 that it had intercepted a "large-scale" sabotage network organized by Russia's Federal Security Service, which was operating across at least six oblasts and involved two Ukrainian government officials.

LRT: The Lithuanian government last week allocated almost 9 million euros to help Ukrainian refugees in Lithuania.

Reuters: Ukraine has received a $3.9 billion grant from the United States via the World Bank, Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said on Monday.

The Kyiv Independent: British soldiers have been warned Russia may be using spies and drones to obtain information about Ukrainian service members trained in the U.K., The Times reported on Aug. 5, citing a military handbook circulated among the troops.

POLITICO: If Europe wants to deter possible Russian aggression, it has to do a much better job of moving tanks, troops and ammunition across the continent, a top French general told POLITICO.

Reuters: Hugo Boss has sold its Russian business to wholesale partner Stockmann for an undisclosed fee, the German fashion house said on Monday, joining the ranks of Western brands to exit the Russian market over the war in Ukraine.

The Kyiv Independent: The Ukrainian military destroyed a Russian Su-34 fighter-bomber aircraft and an ammunition depot at the Morozovsk airfield in Russia's Rostov Oblast on Aug. 3, Ukraine's military intelligence said on Aug. 5, citing satellite imagery.

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