The court in the case of Artem Kosov, accused of murdering a teenager on the funicular, granted the motion of Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko to question the forensic medical expert. This decision was made to clarify the findings of the examination.
The MHP-Hromadi Charitable Foundation supported the publication of a collective monograph on Hryhorii Skovoroda. The 525-page book brought together 52 authors and was presented at St. Sophia Cathedral in Kyiv.
In Kyiv, the trial of former UDO employee Artem Kosov, accused of intentional murder of a 16-year-old boy on the funicular, has begun. The prosecution is personally represented by Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko.
Ukrzaliznytsia adds five trains for the autumn season, connecting Kyiv, Lviv, Dnipro, and Uzhhorod. This expands the transportation schedule and reduces the load on popular routes.
The Verkhovna Rada approved changes to the State Budget-2025 for UAH 36. 7 billion, reallocating non-military expenditures. Additional funds will go to the reserve fund, the Ministry of Digital Transformation, grants for defense tech, and school meals.
Ukrainian state enterprises earned over UAH 16 billion in profit in 2024, almost twice as much as in 2023. The processing industry and transport sector brought the largest profits.
A scheme of shadow supplies of Russian drugs worth hundreds of millions of hryvnias has been exposed in Ukraine. The organizers were the owner of a Russian pharma holding and the director of a subsidiary company from Ukraine.
Kyiv police are investigating a case under the article on domestic violence against actor Kostiantyn Temlyak. His ex-girlfriend accuses him of assault and moral abuse.
The investigation into the organizers of the VinEco and Vinex Trade financial pyramid has been completed. The perpetrators defrauded over 90 investors of almost 26 million hryvnias, promising high interest rates and bonuses.
On August 21, a cold atmospheric front will bring rains and thunderstorms to the western and northern regions of Ukraine, and the air temperature will drop. Heat will still persist in the south and east, but later the front will cover most of the country.
In Kyiv, a cardiologist from a private center and an intermediary were exposed for helping conscripts obtain fake diagnoses for money. The scheme involved fictitious treatment and registration of illnesses, such as bronchial asthma, to be removed from military registration.
People's Deputy Vasyl Nimchenko was robbed near a Kyiv supermarket. A bag with documents and money, left in a shopping cart, went missing.
European leaders are likely to impose sanctions against Russia if Putin refuses a trilateral meeting with Zelenskyy and Trump. Zelenskyy called for sanctions if Putin refuses the summit.
Forecasters predict variable cloudiness without precipitation throughout Ukraine on August 20. Daytime temperatures will reach 22-27°, and up to 30° in the south and southeast.
Over 52,000 Ukrainians, including children and people with limited mobility, were evacuated from frontline regions this summer. The government is opening new transit points and preparing 30,000 places for IDPs in 15 regions and Kyiv.
In Kiruna, Sweden, a 100-year-old church weighing over 600 tons is being moved 5 kilometers due to the risk of mine collapse. The project, planned since 2023, will take two days.
The visit of the European delegation to Washington and Trump's negotiations with Zelensky impressed and surprised, but did not change the situation - the war of the Russian Federation in Ukraine continues. Putin insists on his terms - currently the Kremlin is not interested in a truce and continues to launch airstrikes.
Eight unique books from 1830–1906, taken out during World War II, have returned to Kyiv from Germany. They have been transferred to state library collections for scholars and the public.
In Kyiv, traffic will be partially restricted on Naberezhne Highway on August 20. The restrictions will be in effect from 10:00 to 16:00 on the section from Metro Bridge to Poshtova Square.
The Pechersk court extended the pre-trial detention of Vitaliy Shabunin, head of the Anti-Corruption Action Center (TsPK), until October 19. He is suspected of evading military service and fraud.
Border guards of the Chop detachment exposed a clergyman of the UOC who tried to illegally smuggle a conscript across the border for $10,000. He hid the man in his own car under his cassocks.
The former head of the Central Medical-Social Expert Commission of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine and seven of his accomplices are suspected of abuse of power and document forgery. They illegally issued disability to at least 14 citizens, which led to payments of over UAH 2.8 million from the state budget.
The company became a partner of the country's main tech conference and will present its AI developments.
Today, a meeting of the "coalition of the willing" took place, co-chaired by Emmanuel Macron and Keir Starmer. Security guarantees for Ukraine and next steps were discussed.
The SBU's military counterintelligence and the National Police liquidated a large-scale scheme of evasion from mobilization in Kyiv. The organizer and accomplices sold fictitious certificates and "reservations"; over UAH 17 million in cash was seized.
The Supreme Court terminated the private company's ownership of the bank reinforcement in Kyiv. This ensured free access to the Dnipro for all city residents.
Organizing full-fledged meals at the workplace is becoming an increasingly important task for Ukrainian companies.
The meeting between Zelenskyy and Trump began at 8:15 PM Kyiv time, consisting of public and closed parts. After this, the leaders went to meet with their European counterparts.
Mykhailo Zhernakov was accused of manipulating elections to the Public Integrity Council and financial fraud with funds from foreign donors. Activists protest against his activities and accuse him of concealing information about grants.
An accident involving a Citroën and a Volvo occurred on the Kyiv-Odesa highway near the village of Hostra Mohyla. As a result of the collision, three people died, including a child.
