Road traffic accident
In Kyiv’s Holosiivskyi district, an Opel fell from a bridge. Rescuers freed the body of the deceased driver, while police are establishing the circumstances.
Near Rouen, a train collided with an unidentified object and derailed. An 18-year-old girl is in critical condition, and 43 people were injured.
In six days, three “Phantoms” detected 7,012 speeding violations. Patrol officers also stopped 55 drivers for serious traffic violations.
A PKP Intercity train collided with a concrete mixer truck and derailed. One person was killed, about 20 passengers were injured, four of them seriously.
One of the scheduled buses veered into the oncoming lane. Two women were killed; among the 25 injured are five children.
On the island of Fogo, a bus went off a mountain road and plunged into a ravine. Many of those killed were schoolchildren and teenagers.
The fuel truck exploded after an accident on the Hamadan–Sanandaj highway due to brake failure. Six people were injured.
Ratcliffe failed to convince Putin to make concessions regarding Ukraine. After the visit, Russia intensified its strikes on civilian infrastructure.
In Gdańsk, a train crashed into a truck at a railway crossing; no passengers were injured. The accident delayed 279 trains and caused losses of 140,000 zlotys.
In Odesa, a Territorial Recruitment and Social Support Center employee ran over a 2. 5-year-old boy and left the scene of the accident. The child was hospitalized, and the driver is being detained.
Due to the acute shortage of "air-to-air" missiles, Ukrainian F-16s sometimes rely solely on guns. Weapons supplies are being rationed.
The EU approved €6. 1 billion in defense funding for Ukraine, including air defense. Member states also promised additional resources, but provided no details.
A bus overturned on the road between Dahab and Nuweiba in Egypt, killing 22 people and injuring another 28. Jordanians are among the victims.
In Kamianske, a man lay down on the asphalt during a conflict over the mobilization of an acquaintance. A police car, reversing, injured him.
Starting August 31, three unmarked patrol cars will monitor speed in Kyiv and the region. Violations will be recorded automatically.
Volodymyr Tyrtychnyi was killed at the front on November 14, 2024. The serviceman and television professional had been considered missing for more than two years.
The singer donated $50,000 toward the treatment of Ashley Taunton, who rescued a person during an accident on I-95. The woman needs surgery and extensive rehabilitation.
In a road accident in the Zhytomyr region, Focus editor-in-chief Mariia Skibinska and her mother were killed. The circumstances of the accident are being established by the police.
A fatal traffic accident involving a police officer occurred in Sambir: the vehicle struck a 59-year-old cyclist, who died at the scene. The State Bureau of Investigation will investigate the accident.
Following the enemy attack in the Kyiv region, traffic on the M-06 highway is being partially restored. Traffic will move in both directions along one lane.
Russians have been attacking Kyiv with jet-powered drones for the third day in a row: there are casualties, fires, and falling debris in three districts. People were killed in the Kyiv region, and the Kyiv–Chop highway has been blocked.
Traffic on Beresteiskyi Avenue and the Velyka Kiltsova Road has been partially restricted. A section of the Kyiv–Chop highway from the 15th to the 32nd km has been closed.
A truck and a scheduled bus collided in Sokyrnytsia. A 17-year-old passenger was killed, and seven other people were hospitalized.
At the intersection of European Union Avenue and Vyshhorodska Street, a Volkswagen collided with a Toyota Prius. Eight people were hospitalized.
In Zakarpattia region, a 19-year-old driver was served with a notice of suspicion following the fatal collision with a child. Possible illegal racing is also being investigated.
Zelenskyy said that Ukraine’s defense industry needs to scale up the production of drones and long-range systems. The President called for creating protection against Russian ballistic missiles.
On the A66, a Volkswagen carrying five people collided with a police car. All seven people died, including two police officers.
Russian ballistic missiles struck a truck parking lot in Boryspil district. A man and a woman were killed; a child is among the 9 injured.
The parliamentary committee requested a briefing from SOVA on Nataša Pirc Musar’s possible ties to Russian intelligence. The president denies this.
Nataša Pirc Musar denied links to Russian intelligence. Parliament summoned SOVA because of her friend Viktoria Kryvolutska.