21 August 2025 - Ukraine Special Weapons News |
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Ukraine
- Zelenskyy Says Signals From Russia 'Outrageous' As He Pushes Allies For Quick Security Plan RFE/RL 21 Aug 2025 -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russia's behavior since a US-Russia summit last week and high-profile talks in Washington with European leaders is a sign that Moscow does not intend to negotiate peace agreement to end the war in Ukraine.
- Ukraine and the Nordic-Baltic Countries Coordinated Joint Steps Toward Achieving Real Peace President of Ukraine 21 Aug 2025
- Security Guarantees for Ukraine Were Discussed at the Office of the President with a Representative of the UK Foreign Office President of Ukraine 21 Aug 2025
- We Are Doing and Will Continue to Do Everything Necessary to Protect Our State and Our People - Address by the President President of Ukraine 21 Aug 2025
- Ukraine and the Delegation of the European Union Agreed to Expand Cooperation in Combating Corruption, Judicial Reform, and Development of Legal Institutions President of Ukraine 21 Aug 2025
- Andrii Sybiha comments on Russia's latest night attack Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine 21 Aug 2025
- Denys Shmyhal: We are creating favorable conditions for Ukrainian arms manufacturers Ukraine MOD 21 Aug 2025
- Defense production and battlefield needs: Denys Shmyhal meets Chair of Bundestag Defence Committee Ukraine MOD 21 Aug 2025
- Denys Shmyhal and the Director of KNDS Deutschland discussed establishing joint ventures in Ukraine Ukraine MOD 21 Aug 2025
- Government initiates formation of commission for external audit of ARMA Ukraine Government 21 Aug 2025 -- The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has adopted a decision to form a Commission for conducting an external audit of the National Asset Recovery and Management Agency of Ukraine (ARMA).
- Denys Shmyhal discusses establishing joint ventures in Ukraine with leading arms manufacturer Ukraine Government 21 Aug 2025 -- Minister of Defence of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal held a meeting with a delegation from KNDS Deutschland, led by Executive Director Ralf Ketzel.
- Denys Shmyhal: Creating favourable conditions for Ukrainian arms manufacturers Ukraine Government 21 Aug 2025 -- The Parliament has supported key draft laws on Defence City, a special legal regime to support domestic enterprises in the defence-industrial complex.
- Defence production and battlefield needs: Denys Shmyhal holds meeting with Chair of Bundestag Defence Committee Ukraine Government 21 Aug 2025 -- Minister of Defence of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal discussed defence production, military training, and the use of frozen russian assets with Thomas Röwekamp, Chair of the Defence Committee of the German Bundestag.
- Work On Security Guarantees For Ukraine Already Under Way, Yermak Says RFE/RL 21 Aug 2025 -- The outline of a military component of security guarantees for Ukraine is already taking shape, a top Ukrainian official said as the United States reiterated that European countries will have to take most of the burden in providing the guarantees.
Russia
- Comment by Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova on the Ukraine crisis Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 21 Aug 2025
- Russia Backs Istanbul 2022 Security Guarantees, Rejects Other Ideas - Lavrov Sputnik 21 Aug 2025 -- Russia supports the principles of security guarantees agreed upon in Istanbul in 2022, while all other proposals are futile ventures, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said.
- Thousands Of Central Asians Enlisted To Fight Russia's War In Ukraine Through 'Coercion, Enticements' RFE/RL 21 Aug 2025 -- Kazakhstan and other Central Asian countries have repeatedly warned their citizens against taking part in Russia's war in Ukraine, warning them that if they did, they would face mercenary charges at home. But Russia continues to recruit Central Asian nationals to fill the ranks of its depleting forces in Ukraine. Russia hosts millions of migrant workers from the former Soviet region.
- Prosecutors Fine Top Official At Yeltsin Presidential Library For Anti-War Post RFE/RL 21 Aug 2025 -- Russian prosecutors fined a top official at the Yeltsin Center, the library and cultural center dedicated to the late Russian president, after she re-posted an anti-war message on social media.
United States
NATO
United Nations
- Evidence mounting about Russian tactics of sexual torture against Ukrainian civilians: UN expert OHCHR 21 Aug 2025 -- The Special Rapporteur on Torture, Alice Jill Edwards, and several other experts have sent a dossier of sexual torture allegations to the Russian Federation involving the cases of 10 Ukrainian civilians abused in occupied regions of Ukraine, including Kherson, Kharkiv and Zaporizhzhia.
Foreign Reactions
- Lithuania delivers protest note to Russia: continued terror against Ukraine shows that Russia is not prepared to abandon its aggressive goals President of the Republic of Lithuania 21 Aug 2025 -- On August 21, the Chargé d'Affaires ad interim of the Embassy of the Russian Federation to the Republic of Lithuania was summoned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania and presented with a protest note regarding the latest missile and combat drone strikes against Ukraine.
- Hungarian President Deletes Word 'Russian' From Statement On Ukraine Strikes RFE/RL 21 Aug 2025 -- Hungarian President Tamas Sulyok has removed the word "Russian" from a statement he issued offering condolences to the victims of an overnight strike in Ukraine that included hundreds of drones and missiles.
- Hungary Ready to Host Russia-US-Ukraine Summit, Guarantees Security for All Participants Sputnik 21 Aug 2025 -- "If needed, we are here, and we will provide fair and safe conditions at any time. We would be happy to host such peace talks if we can help ensure the success of peace efforts, should we be needed," Hungary's Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto says.
News Reports
- Ukrainian Arrested In Connection To 2022 Nord Stream Explosions RFE/RL 21 Aug 2025 -- A Ukrainian national has been arrested in Italy in connection with explosions, carried out in 2022, that damaged the Nord Stream gas pipelines.
- Ukrainian Suspect in Nord Stream Sabotage Arrested in Italy - German Prosecutors Sputnik 21 Aug 2025 -- German prosecutors have announced the arrest of Ukrainian citizen Sergei K. in Italy, suspected of coordinating the sabotage of the Nord Stream 1 and 2 gas pipelines in 2022.
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