\u200buncovered a \u200bgroup<\/a>, \u200bincluding a deputy \u200bhead of the office, under suspicion of money \u2060laundering.<\/p>\n 19\/08\/2026 – 13:27Ukraine parliament approves reappointment of Andrii Sybiha as foreign minister<\/p>\n
Ukraine’s \u2060parliament \u200bapproved \u200bthe reappointment of \u200bAndrii \u200cSybiha \u2060as \u200cforeign minister \u2060on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
The \u200bappointment \u200cwas backed \u200cby \u200b266 lawmakers, with 226 \u200bneeded for \u200ba \u200bmajority.<\/p>\n
19\/08\/2026 – 13:26Russia claims control of another village in eastern Ukraine<\/p>\n
Russian \u200bforces \u200bhave captured \u200bthe settlement \u200cof \u2060Vodianske \u200cin \u2060Ukraine’s Donetsk region, \u200bthe \u200cdefence ministry \u200csaid \u200bon Wednesday.<\/p>\n
Reuters could not \u200bindependently \u200bconfirm \u200bthe \u200bbattlefield report.<\/p>\n
19\/08\/2026 – 13:25Another suspect in Nord Stream case arrested in Croatia, German prosecutors say<\/p>\n
\u2060Germany’s \u200bfederal prosecutors office \u200bsaid on Wednesday that another suspect \u200bhad \u200cbeen \u2060arrested related to \u200cexplosions damaging the \u2060Nord Stream gas pipelines in the \u200bBaltic sea.<\/p>\n
In \u200cits statement, the office \u200cidentified the \u200bUkrainian national only as Vladimir Z., adding he \u200bwas arrested \u200bin \u200bPula, Croatia, by local \u200bpolice forces who acted on a European \u2060arrest warrant.<\/p>\n
19\/08\/2026 – 13:24Ukraine’s anti-graft agencies say they uncovered laundering group including a presidential official<\/p>\n
Ukraine’s \u2060anti-graft agencies \u200bsaid on Wednesday \u200bthey had uncovered a group including a presidential official \u200bthat \u200chad laundered \u2060150 million hryvnias ($3.35 \u200cmillion) used to pay for bail \u2060in an energy corruption scheme.<\/p>\n
The NABU \u200band SAPO \u200cagencies said in a YouTube video the \u200cgroup comprised a deputy head \u200bof the presidential office, a former lawmaker, heads of \u200bthe management \u200band supervisory boards \u200bof a state-owned bank and \u200bothers.<\/p>\n
They did not name the individuals, in accordance with Ukrainian law.<\/p>\n
19\/08\/2026 – 13:21Russia says it downs 453 Ukrainian drones overnight<\/p>\n
Russia’s \u200bDefence \u200bMinistry \u200bsaid \u200con Wednesday \u2060that \u200cit \u2060had downed\u00a0453 \u200bUkrainian \u200cdrones \u200covernight over \u200bvarious regions.<\/p>\n
19\/08\/2026 – 13:21Drone causes fire in industrial area in Russia’s Ufa, official says<\/p>\n
Authorities \u2060were \u200btrying to put \u200bout a small fire after a drone \u200bfell \u200cin \u2060an industrial area \u200cin the city of \u2060Ufa in the Russian republic \u200bof Bashkortostan, the \u200crepublic’s head Radiy Khabirov said on \u200cthe messaging app \u200bTelegram.<\/p>\n
Khabirov added that one of the drones \u200bhit an \u200bapartment building and \u200ba few cars \u200bin Ufa, an oil refining hub, leaving one person \u2060injured.<\/p>\n
19\/08\/2026 – 13:21Ukraine anti-graft agencies investigate group involving presidential officials<\/p>\n
Ukraine’s \u2060anti-graft \u200bagencies said \u200bon Wednesday they were carrying out \u200ban \u200coperation \u2060to \u200cuncover a “criminal organisation” \u2060which was run by \u200bcurrent and \u200cformer lawmakers, and involving high \u200cofficials from \u200bthe presidential office.<\/p>\n
The agencies did not give \u200bthe \u200bdetails of \u200bthe investigation, but \u200bsaid more information would come soon.<\/p>\n
19\/08\/2026 – 13:21Russia and Ukraine swap 103 prisoners of war each<\/p>\n
Russia \u200band Ukraine \u200bhave exchanged 103 prisoners of war \u200beach, \u200cRussia’s \u2060Interfax \u200cnews agency reported on Wednesday, \u2060citing the Russian Ministry \u200bof Defence.<\/p>\n
The \u200ctwo sides have traded \u200cthousands of \u200bPOWs at intervals throughout the four and a half year \u200bconflict, \u200bwhile remaining \u200bfar apart on terms \u200bfor any peace deal.<\/p>\n
19\/08\/2026 – 13:21Russian drone attack on Ukraine’s Kherson bus kills four, governor says<\/p>\n
A \u2060Russian \u200bdrone attack \u200bon a bus in Ukraine’s southern city \u200bof \u200cKherson \u2060killed four \u200cpeople on Wednesday morning, the \u2060regional governor said.<\/p>\n
A further four \u200bwomen were \u200cwounded in the attack \u200cand have been taken \u200bto hospital, Oleksandr Prokudin said on the \u200bTelegram messaging \u200bapp. He \u200bposted blurred photos \u200bof a yellow bus with bloodied steps and \u2060shattered windows.<\/p>\n
19\/08\/2026 – 13:21 <\/p>\n
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