Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,267

Here is however things basal connected Thursday, August 14:

Fighting

• Russia’s Ministry of Defence said Russian forces had captured the settlements of Zatyshok and Zapovidne successful Ukraine’s eastbound Donetsk region.
• Ukraine’s subject said its drones deed the Uniecha lipid pumping presumption successful Russia’s Bryansk region. “Damage and a large-scale occurrence were recorded successful the country of the booster pumping presumption building,” the Ukrainian General Staff said connected Telegram.
• A tiny occurrence ignited by debris from a destroyed Ukrainian drone was promptly doused astatine the Slavyansk lipid refinery successful Russia’s Krasnodar region, authorities said.
• Russia’s aerial defence units destroyed 46 Ukrainian drones overnight, the Defence Ministry said, including 5 implicit Krasnodar.

Ukraine’s ‘White Angels’ constabulary radical evacuates an aged pistillate from the colony of Bilytske, pursuing the beforehand of Russian troops, successful the Donetsk region, Ukraine, connected August 13, 2025 [Diego Herrera Carcedo/Anadolu]

Alaska Summit

• United States President Donald Trump threatened “severe consequences” if Russia’s Vladimir Putin does not hold to bid successful Ukraine.
• Trump besides said that his gathering with Putin could swiftly beryllium followed by a 2nd that would see the person of Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
• Trump did not specify what the consequences could beryllium if Putin does not hold to a ceasefire, but helium has warned of economical sanctions if his gathering with Putin successful Alaska connected Friday proves fruitless.
• German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said European leaders had laid retired presumption for a ceasefire successful Ukraine that would support their information interests successful a telephone with Trump connected Wednesday.
• European leaders, including Zelenskyy, held the telephone with Trump successful beforehand of his gathering with Putin.

• Britain, France and Germany – co-chairs of the alleged “Coalition of the Willing” – acceptable retired their presumption connected the pathway to a ceasefire successful Ukraine, successful a connection released aft their virtual meeting.
• “Ukraine indispensable person robust and credible information guarantees to efficaciously support its sovereignty and territorial integrity,” they said successful the associated statement.
• “The Coalition of the Willing is acceptable to play an progressive role, including done plans by those consenting to deploy a reassurance unit erstwhile hostilities person ceased,” they said.
• “No limitations should beryllium placed connected Ukraine’s equipped forces oregon connected its practice with 3rd countries. Russia could not person a veto against Ukraine’s pathway to EU and NATO,” they added.
• British Prime Minister Keir Starmer told Trump determination should beryllium robust information guarantees arsenic portion of immoderate bid woody with Russia.
• “The Prime Minister was wide that our enactment for Ukraine is unwavering – planetary borders indispensable not beryllium changed by unit and Ukraine indispensable person robust and credible information guarantees to support its territorial integrity arsenic portion of immoderate deal,” Starmer’s bureau said.
• Zelenskyy said helium warned Trump that the Russian person is “bluffing” astir his tendency to extremity the war.
• Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ lawman spokesperson, Alexei Fadeev, said Moscow’s stance connected ending the warfare successful Ukraine has not changed since Putin acceptable retired his conditions past year, which see the afloat withdrawal of Kyiv’s forces from cardinal Ukrainian regions and the abandonment of its NATO ambitions.
• Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said Russia wants to see a simplification of NATO unit beingness successful immoderate conversations astir the aboriginal of Ukraine.

Regional affairs

• Russian hackers concisely took power of a dam successful Norway earlier this year, the caput of the Nordic country’s counter-intelligence bureau said, the archetypal clip Oslo has officially attributed the cyberattack to its neighbour.
• While successful bid of the dam successful Bremanger, occidental Norway, connected April 7, hackers opened a flood gross and released 500 litres (132 gallons) of h2o per 2nd for 4 hours earlier the onslaught was detected and stopped.
• Joint exercises to beryllium held by Russian and Belarusian forces adjacent period volition see drills connected the planned usage of atomic weapons and the Russian-made, intermediate-range hypersonic Oreshnik missile, Belarus’s defence curate said.
• Estonia is expelling a Russian diplomat implicit sanctions violations and different crimes against the state, the Baltic country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.
• The archetypal caput of the Russian embassy successful Tallinn has been declared ‘persona non grata’ and indispensable permission Estonia, the ministry said. Moscow said Estonia’s expulsion was a hostile enactment that would punctual a response.

Military aid

• Germany plans to money a $500m bundle of subject instrumentality and munitions for Ukraine sourced from the US, NATO said successful a statement.
• NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte commended Germany for the decision, adding: “This transportation volition assistance Ukraine support itself against Russian aggression.”
• A Czech-led inaugural for Ukraine has delivered 1 cardinal large-calibre ammunition pieces truthful acold this year, Prime Minister Petr Fiala said.
• The Czech authorities expects the fig of ammunition shipments volition emergence this twelvemonth aft deliveries of 1.5 cardinal pieces, including 500,000 155mm shells, successful 2024.
• Poland has signed a declaration worthy $3.8bn to upgrade its fleet of F-16 combatant jets, the Polish defence curate said.
• Poland has been ramping up defence spending since the commencement of the warfare successful Ukraine and plans to allocate 5 percent of gross home merchandise to its equipped forces successful 2026.
• The European Commission has signed a warrant statement with the European Bank for Reconstruction & Development for a 500-million-euro ($586m) indebtedness to assistance Ukraine’s vigor sector.

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