The Kremlin is insisting on the 2022 Istanbul format for negotiations as a way to buy time and blame Kyiv for the stalling of current peace talks, while planning to repeat an invasion under more favorable conditions in the future,

According to Russian authorities, the remains belong to Ukrainian servicemembers killed in action in Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, Luhansk, and Kursk regions.

Russia is continuing its disinformation campaign aimed at discrediting the prisoner exchange process by actively spreading false narratives through its officials and propagandists. Source: Centre for Countering Disinformation under the National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine Details: The Centre cited recent remarks made by Vladimir Medinsky,

Kyiv confirms receiving bodies of 1,000 Ukrainian servicemen, Russian presidential aide says Moscow received bodies of 19 servicemen - Anadolu Ajansı

By Ben Aris in Berlin Russia launched a record number of drones and missiles on August 21 and specifically targeted a US company's factory based in Ukraine, UBN reported. The Russians fired at least two cruise missiles at the US company Flex owned by a company with headquarters in both Texas and Singapore that is located in Transcarpathia,

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Thursday that the long-awaited peace talks with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, could take place

The latest talks in Istanbul were followed by more prisoner exchanges, but yielded no breakthrough in ending the war.

EADaily, August 19th, 2025. Russia and Ukraine is likely to continue direct negotiations in Istanbul, at which the status of representatives of the parties may be increased.