Julia Shramko
Japan's JAXA space agency successfully launched the H3 rocket, placing the Michibiki No. 7 satellite into orbit. This is the second successful launch after the failure in December, bringing Japan closer to a complete satellite system.
Overnight, the Defense Forces struck a repeater for "Geran" in Crimea, a repair unit in Mariupol, and a concentration of personnel from the UAV Forces in Luhansk Oblast.
On Wednesday, Russian drones attacked Kyiv; air defense is operating in the city. Klychko urged residents to stay in shelters.
The SBU dismantled an international drug smuggling channel, arresting 10 participants. The value of the seized cocaine and psychotropic substances is approximately UAH 70 million.
According to an IBRiS poll, 67% of respondents in Poland support the deportation of Ukrainian men of conscription age who do not work legally. This idea has the greatest support among right-wing voters, particularly supporters of PiS.
Russian forces shelled the residential sector of Balakliia with missiles twice; preliminary reports indicate that 3 people were injured. The strikes caused fires and damaged apartment buildings and private homes.
The SBI has identified four more employees of a district TCR in Odesa region involved in unlawful detention and violence. The total number of suspects has risen to 13.
Russia's two largest grain terminals at the port of Novorossiysk suspended operations after overnight drone strikes.
At night, Russian forces launched a massive attack on Kherson with 15 Shahed drones. Two people were killed and two others injured as a result of the strikes, residential buildings and a unit of the State Emergency Service were damaged.
Millions of people in Spain and Iceland are preparing to watch a total solar eclipse. Authorities expect up to 6 million visitors in Spain and up to 80,000 in Iceland.
Ukrainian forces carried out a unique operation against the base in Novorossiysk, using Palianytsia drones, Neptune missiles, and naval drones. Hits on air defense systems, berths, and port infrastructure have been confirmed.
In the morning, the enemy attacked the Kyiv region with drones, and a fire broke out in warehouse buildings in Brovary district. A 65-year-old man suffered shrapnel injuries and was hospitalized.
As a result of the shelling, some consumers in Donetsk, Dnipropetrovsk, Kherson and Kharkiv regions are without electricity. The situation is most difficult in Odesa region, where the enemy attacked the energy infrastructure again.
During the enemy attack on Kyiv region, Brovary Mayor Ihor Sapozhko urged people to remain calm. He noted that no reports of damage in the community had been received.
An accident has left around 19,000 subscribers in Chernihiv district and the city of Slavutych without power. Energy workers are already working to restore electricity supply.
The earthquake disrupted operations at the port of Buenaventura and blocked key roads, suspending coffee exports. The head of Asoexport reported that operations had been halted and that there was uncertainty about the timeline for their resumption.
Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko said that over the seven months of 2026, the Prosecutor's Office transferred more than UAH 1. 5 billion worth of funds and property to the Defense Forces. In particular, UAH 820 million consisted of funds, while UAH 535 million was necessary property.
Following a nighttime attack, fires have been reported at an oil terminal and in the military harbor in Novorossiysk. Russian authorities said that "several hundred" drones were flying toward Krasnodar Krai.
An enemy drone struck a bus belonging to one of the Zaporizhzhia enterprises on a road near the village of Ukrainka. A 53-year-old man was injured and is receiving medical assistance.
On the night of August 12, Russia launched missiles and 138 drones at Ukraine. Air defense forces shot down or suppressed 112 UAVs; hits were recorded at 16 locations.
In Kyiv’s Dniprovskyi District, a 29-year-old man shot an acquaintance twice, wounding him in the chest and leg. The victim was hospitalized, and the attacker was detained; he faces up to 8 years in prison.
Russian shelling caused a fire at an industrial enterprise in Myrhorod district. Rescuers extinguished the fire; there were no deaths or injuries.
US Vice President J. D. Vance asked Ukraine to stop striking tankers using a Russian port.
Over the past day, there were 237 combat engagements on the front, most of them in the Pokrovsk and Kostiantynivka directions. The enemy launched 2 missile and 80 air strikes and deployed 11,155 kamikaze drones.
On August 12, variable cloudiness in Ukraine, with no precipitation except in the southeast, where brief rain and thunderstorms are possible. Temperatures during the day will be 21–26°, reaching up to 33° in the south and east; northwesterly winds.
U. S. President Donald Trump said that the secret flight from Turkey using an Air Force One decoy aircraft was organized by the Secret Service and the military. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent were aboard the decoy aircraft.
A plant producing polystyrene and dry mixes caught fire in the village of Varkovychi. The fire was extinguished, there were no casualties, but elevated concentrations of nitrogen dioxide and soot were recorded in the air.
Russian forces struck a truck with a tanker containing oil residue, causing a fire. Two people were killed and three others injured; the information is being clarified.
A magnitude 7. 4 earthquake in Colombia has claimed the lives of 224 people. Cali, Valle del Cauca, and Risaralda were the hardest hit.
A grenade was discovered in the electrical switchboard room of a high-rise building in Mykolaiv, resulting in the evacuation of residents. Police removed the ammunition and are establishing its origin.