The 1626th day of the large-scale armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine has begun.

In total, 233 combat clashes were recorded over the past day.

Yesterday, the enemy launched one missile strike, using one missile, carried out 91 air strikes, dropping 308 guided bombs. In addition, it used 10,621 kamikaze drones and carried out 3,176 attacks on settlements and positions of our troops.

Over the past day, aviation, missile troops and artillery of the Defense Forces hit two UAV control points, six artillery systems and 18 areas of concentration of enemy manpower.

In the North-Slobozhansk and Kursk directions, one combat engagement with the enemy took place over the past day, the aggressor carried out two air strikes, dropping six air bombs, and carried out 55 shellings of the positions of our troops and settlements.

In the South-Slobozhansk direction, the enemy attacked the positions of our units 20 times in the areas of the settlements of Starytsia, Lyman, Vovchanski Khutory, Dvorichanske, Zapadne and towards the settlements of Izbitske, Hoptivka, Vilcha, Volokhivka, Shevyakivka, Khatne.

In the Kupyansk direction, two enemy attacks took place towards Kivsharivka and Boguslavka.

In the Lymansk direction, the enemy tried to penetrate our defenses eight times, attacking in the Yampol area and towards the settlements of Ozerne, Novoselivka, and Dibrova.

In the Slavyansk direction, the enemy stormed 16 times in the areas of the settlements of Zakitne, Kryva Luka, Riznykivka and towards Mykolaivka and Rai-Oleksandrivka.

In the Kramatorsk direction, the Russian invaders carried out four attacks in the areas of Pryvillya, Nikyforivka and towards Malynivka and Tykhonivka.

In the Kostyantynivka direction, the enemy carried out 25 attacks in the areas of the settlements of Kostyantynivka, Ivanopillya, Illinivka, Rusyn Yar and towards the settlements of Dovga Balka, Stepanivka.

In the Pokrovsky direction, our defenders stopped 26 assault actions of the aggressor in the areas of the settlements of Shakhove, Udachne and towards the settlements of Toretske, Kucheriv Yar, Bilytske, Novyi Donbas, Shevchenko, Matyashevo, Novopidhorodne.

In the Oleksandrivka direction, the enemy carried out two attacks towards the settlement of Yehorivka.

In the Hulyaipil direction, the invaders carried out ten attacks towards the settlements of Rivne, Hulyaipilske, Staroukrainka, Charivne.

In the Orikhiv direction, our defenders stopped one attempt by the enemy to advance towards Pavlivka.

In the Prydniprovske direction, the enemy did not conduct offensive operations in the past day.

In the Volyn and Polissya directions, no signs of the formation of enemy offensive groups were detected.

Ukrainian defenders continue the systematic destruction of the enemy, putting up effective resistance on all sections of the front.

In total, the losses of the Russian invaders in the past day amounted to 1,210 people. Also neutralized were one tank, 11 armored combat vehicles, 67 artillery systems, two multiple launch rocket systems, three air defense systems, 14 ground robotic complexes, 1,589 unmanned aerial vehicles, 386 units of automobiles and six units of special enemy equipment."

"We need centralized responsibility instead of numerous federal aviation security agencies, and equipment that can reliably counter the variety of threats."

"We cannot rely on the fact that a bus driver or another airport employee will accidentally spot a drone in the sky."

"We have been talking about this for years, but in reality, essentially nothing has changed"

"Either it was Russia, or someone wanted it to look like it was Russia."

The evidence from multiple sources — including Ukrainian official claims, Western think tanks, and Ukrainian independent trackers — suggests that Ukraine recaptured substantially more territory than Russia captured during the first half of 2026, driven by the southern counteroffensive. However, the pace of Ukrainian gains has slowed since spring, and Russia has made small net gains in recent months (June–July). The overall net for the full year so far appears to still favor Ukraine, but the margin and the exact numbers depend heavily on whose methodology you use.

The High Anti-Corruption Court on Aug. 6 set Hr 6 million ($130,000) bail for Olha Stefanishyna, Ukraine's former ambassador to the U.S., in a corruption case.

She has been charged with illicit enrichment amounting to Hr 13.9 million ($310,000) and lying in her asset declarations. An anti-corruption prosecutor earlier proposed setting bail for Stefanishyna at Hr 13 million ($290,000).

Stefanishyna failed to declare two apartments, worth nearly Hr 11 million ($250,000), that were registered in the name of a friend, according to the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU).