The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine adopted a resolution that improves the treatment, rehabilitation, and adaptation of those released from Russian captivity. The document provides for clearer requirements for medical examination and expansion of the network of recovery facilities.
President Zelenskyy reported on successful long-range operations by the SBU, which destroyed Russian air defense systems. The head of state also noted that the enemy is feeling the consequences of the actions of Ukraine's defenders, and new operations have already been approved.
A Russian serviceman killed a civilian who was trying to leave the village of Udachne in Donetsk region. Prosecutors in Donetsk region are investigating this fact as a violation of the laws and customs of war.
An explosion occurred in Zhytomyr on the evening of August 5, resulting in one person killed and another injured. Police are investigating the circumstances of the incident, which happened around 8:00 PM near Suryna Hora Street.
A Ukrainian court заочно sentenced Lieutenant Colonel Dmytro Zharkov to life imprisonment for a missile strike on Kherson in December 2022. The shelling killed 13 people, injured 60, and destroyed civilian infrastructure.
In Cherkasy, a man, stopped for verification of his registration data, threatened to detonate a grenade and tried to take TCC servicemen hostage. He was detained by special forces, who seized three grenades and a pistol.
The Ivano-Frankivsk prosecutor's office will try in absentia an ROC priest who fled to the Russian Federation and supported the occupation forces. He collected funds for the purchase of military equipment for the Russian invaders.
Indian components have been found in Russian attack drones, particularly in Shaheds. Head of the Presidential Office Yermak emphasizes the need to deprive Russia of the ability to obtain components from other countries.
The SBU detained a 24-year-old IT specialist who adjusted missile and drone attacks on Kyiv and spied on defense forces' echelons. He installed video cameras in rented apartments and near Ukrzaliznytsia tracks to transmit information to the FSB.
SBU counterintelligence prevented a terrorist attack in Dnipro, detaining a 29-year-old drug addict from Vinnytsia who was preparing an explosion near an administrative building. The woman, recruited by the Russian Federation, received an improvised explosive device in Pavlohrad and hid it in Dnipro.
SBU drones attacked the Saki military airfield in Crimea. A Su-30SM aircraft was destroyed, another one and three Su-24s were damaged, and an aviation weapons depot was hit.
The SBU detained an agent of Russian intelligence in the Dnipropetrovsk region. He adjusted enemy air attacks and transmitted the geolocations of the military unit.
SBU drones hit Russian military facilities: the Primorsko-Akhtarsk airfield with Shahed storage sites and the Elektropribor plant in Penza, which manufactures equipment for the military-industrial complex. The strikes resulted in fires and smoke.
Ryazan and Novokuibyshevsk oil refineries, the "Anna naftoprodukt" oil depot, and the "Elektroprylad" plant were hit.
The woman collected coordinates for massive missile and drone attacks on Odesa, targeting military facilities. She was detained, communication devices were seized, and she was convicted of treason.
Oleksandr Tsyvinsky, the winner of the competition for the position of director of the Bureau of Economic Security, will undergo a polygraph test. This decision was made after a conversation with Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko.
The SBU detained a former nurse who collected data on checkpoints and strongholds of the Defense Forces in Sumy region. The woman recorded objects with a mini-camera installed on her bicycle and transmitted the data to her handler.
The former acting director of the Department of State Procurement of the Ministry of Defense has been notified of suspicion of embezzling over UAH 1 billion. He concluded contracts for catering for the Armed Forces of Ukraine, significantly overstating the cost of services.
Over the past day, July 31, the Defense Forces neutralized 940 Russian invaders. The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02.22 to 01.08.25 increased by 940 people.
The SBU exposed a mobilized serviceman of the National Guard who was transmitting information to the FSB about a strategic defense enterprise in Dnipropetrovsk region. He also leaked data about the military unit guarding the facility.
The SBU refutes political motives for the detention of NABU employee Ruslan Magamedrasulov, suspected of aiding Russia. He was arrested for selling technical hemp to Dagestan, not for documenting the businessman.
A scheme of embezzlement has been exposed in Kyiv Oblast, where the head of the financial service of the Armed Forces of Ukraine misappropriated almost UAH 2 million during drone procurement. He concluded contracts at inflated prices with controlled individual entrepreneurs, creating artificial competition in tenders.
The Special Environmental Prosecutor's Office uncovered large-scale environmental and economic crimes in the forest sector of Zhytomyr region. The damage to the state amounted to almost UAH 23 million, and three suspects were served with suspicions.
Long-range SBU drones hit JSC "Radiozavod" in Penza, which produces automatic combat control systems for the Russian army. At least 11 explosions were recorded, causing a large-scale fire and damage to the production complex and warehouses.
President Zelenskyy heard the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate, Budanov, on Ukrainian operations. There were also reports from the head of the SBU, Malyuk, and the Commander-in-Chief, Syrskyi.
The SBU detained an Air Force pilot-instructor who was collecting data for Russian intelligence. He transmitted coordinates of aircraft and personal data of pilots for strikes on airfields.
The SBU has documented over 10,000 chemical attacks by the Russian Federation against Ukrainian defenders, using aerosol grenades with poisonous substances. International organizations confirm Russia's systematic use of chemical weapons.
The SBU detained an FSB agent in the Defense Forces in the Kharkiv region, who was adjusting enemy fire on the positions of his unit and collecting data for the occupiers' "breakthroughs". The detainee is in custody for treason and faces life imprisonment.
Mexican special services informed the SBU that some Mexican volunteers might have joined the International Legion to learn how to operate FPV drones and transfer this knowledge to criminal organizations. The SBU and HUR are investigating this information, which also concerns Colombians in the International Legion.
In Lviv region, a lawyer will be tried for organizing the illegal transfer of a conscript abroad for $16,000 and for threatening a judge with murder. He promised to produce fictitious documents about his mother's illness for the man to leave Ukraine.
