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22 August 2025 - Ukraine Special Weapons News
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Ukraine
- Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Mark Rutte Took Part in the International Veterans Forum President of Ukraine 22 Aug 2025
- Security Guarantees, Defense Support, and Diplomatic Efforts to Achieve Peace: Summary of the Meeting between the President of Ukraine and the NATO Secretary General President of Ukraine 22 Aug 2025
- Speech by the President at the VIII International Veterans Forum "Ukraine. Veterans. Security" President of Ukraine 22 Aug 2025
- Statement by the President of Ukraine Following the Meeting with the NATO Secretary General President of Ukraine 22 Aug 2025
- Presidential Office Will Be Reformed to Increase the Share of Military Personnel and Veterans Across All Departments President of Ukraine 22 Aug 2025
- Foreign Ministry statement on the modern lessons of the 86th anniversary of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine 22 Aug 2025 -- "Eighty-six years ago, on August 23, 1939, the Treaty of Non-Aggression between Germany and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, known as the "Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact," was signed in Moscow, along with its secret protocols. In these agreements, Hitler and Stalin agreed to divide Europe."
- Statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine on the planned military exercises in the territory of the Republic of Belarus Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine 22 Aug 2025 -- In the context of the planned in the coming weeks military exercises of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) in the territory of the Republic of Belarus, namely "Interaction-2025", "Search-2025", "Echelon-2025", and the joint strategic exercises of the armed forces of Belarus and the Russian Federation "Zapad-2025", the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine states the following.
- Yevhen Perebyinis held a meeting with the Romanian parliamentary delegation Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine 22 Aug 2025 -- On 22 August, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Yevhen Perebyinis, held a meeting with the Romanian parliamentary delegation led by the head of the Friendship Group with Ukraine in the Romanian Parliament, head of the Union of Ukrainians in Romania, Mykola Petretskyi.
- Comment by the MFA of Ukraine on the case concerning the seizure of Ukrainian naval vessels and servicemen in 2018 Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine 22 Aug 2025 -- On 21 August, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine received a letter from the agent of the Russian Federation in the Dispute Concerning the Detention of Ukrainian Naval Vessels and Servicemen (Ukraine v. the Russian Federation) under Annex VII to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).
- Denys Shmyhal and NATO Secretary General discuss defense cooperation between Ukraine and the Alliance Ukraine MOD 22 Aug 2025
- The DOT-Chain Defence drone catalog: UAVs from 20 manufacturers are now available to the military Ukraine MOD 22 Aug 2025
- Ukraine and Poland join forces to enhance energy security Ukraine Government 22 Aug 2025 -- The development of strategic cooperation in the energy sector was the central topic of discussion between the Ukrainian delegation and Polish officials.
Russia
- Moscow: No Putin-Zelensky talks without agreed peace agenda Press TV 22 Aug 2025 -- Russia's top diplomat has said there will be no Putin-Zelensky meeting until the agenda for the peace deal between Kiev and Moscow has been agreed upon
- Zelensky Rejected All of Trump's Proposals for Ukraine Settlement, Says Lavrov Sputnik 22 Aug 2025 -- Volodymyr Zelensky said 'no' to all of US President Donald Trump's proposals for resolving the conflict in Ukraine, which the US considers necessary, at a meeting in Washington, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey
- Russia's FSB Detains 2 Agents of Military Intelligence of Ukraine in Donbass Sputnik 22 Aug 2025 -- Two agents of the military intelligence of Ukraine have been detained in the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR), involved in two car bombings and the preparation of two terrorist attacks, Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Friday.
- Big Brother At The Bolshoi: Russia's Iconic Theater To Spy On Its Own Staff RFE/RL 22 Aug 2025 -- It is Russia's most famous opera house, where Tchaikovsky premiered Swan Lake, where Russia's premier ballet dancers and symphony musicians are judged for their technical excellence and revered for their artistry. Now employees of the Bolshoi Theater will also be judged - and monitored - by another criteria: their interest in, and views on, Russia's all-out war on Ukraine.
United States
NATO
United Nations
- Update 310 - IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine IAEA 22 Aug 2025 -- The sustained presence of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) at the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) has been essential to our ongoing efforts to reduce the risk of a nuclear accident amid the conflict, Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said, as the IAEA approaches three years of continuous presence at the site.
Foreign Reactions
- EU delivers over €4 billion to Ukraine ahead of its Independence Day European Commission 22 Aug 2025 -- Ahead of Ukraine's 34th anniversary of independence on 24 August, the EU delivers another strong signal of unwavering support by disbursing €4.05 billion to the country. This includes €3.05 billion via the Ukraine Facility and €1 billion through the European Commission's exceptional Macro-Financial Assistance (MFA).
- China always open, aboveboard on Ukraine crisis, uphold objective, just position: FM spokesperson on Lavrov and Zelensky's remarks about security guarantors Global Times 22 Aug 2025 -- In response to a media inquiry that the Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Russia supports providing strong security guarantees for Ukraine, and does not rule out Security Council members, including Western countries and China, offering such guarantees, while Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky claimed that Ukraine does not need China as one of the countries providing security guarantees, arguing that China did not help prevent the conflict in 2022 and took no action when Russia annexed Crimea in 2014, the Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said that China has always been open and aboveboard on the Ukraine crisis, upholding an objective and just position, and relevant parties are well aware of this.
- China has always been fair and square on Ukraine crisis: FM Global Times 22 Aug 2025 -- In response to a media inquiry about recent remarks by the Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on whether China could serve as a security guarantor for Ukraine, the Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said on Friday that China has always held an objective and just position and has always been fair and square on the Ukraine crisis, which is for all to see.
- China Ready to Play Constructive Role in Political Settlement of Ukrainian Crisis Sputnik 22 Aug 2025 -- Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said on Friday that all parties should work toward a political solution to the Ukrainian crisis grounded in lasting security, and that China is ready to play a constructive role in this process.
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