In Khmelnytskyi region, law enforcers busted an illegal scheme of hidden transfer of money from the Russian Federation; it was used to fund agents of Russian invaders through electronic payment systems. Additionally, a network of bot farms was exposed.

At an online meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Russian Minister of Education Sergey Kravtsov boasted that children in the occupied parts of Donetsk and Luhansk regions would begin to learn the Ukrainian language.

Sergey Aksyonov, the so-called, Russian-appointed “head of Crimea”, said that Crimean schools will be named after the military personnel who took part in Russia’s “special operation”. Meanwhile, schoolchildren will receive a “patriotic education”, which will entail explanations of why Russia started that war against Ukraine.

The Svoboda Rossii (Freedom of Russia) Legion unit of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the National Republican Army (NRA) have signed a declaration of cooperation and plan to create a joint political centre, which will be headed by ex-deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation Ilya Ponomarev.

The length of the front line on which active military operations continue as a result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine is 1,300 km, which is approximately equal to the distance between Kyiv and Prague.

According to Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration of Ukraine Olha Stefanishyna, given all the circumstances after February 24 and half a year of the war, NATO’s potential decision on the membership action plan for Ukraine is no longer as important as before – only direct membership.

As an EU candidate, Serbia should condemn Russian aggression and join the EU sanctions.

The seventh package of Swedish military aid to Ukraine will contain artillery ammunition worth half a billion Swedish krona.

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba and his German counterpart Annalena Baerbock informally met in Prague where European heads of foreign affairs have gathered at the International Forum for Ukraine.

Dmytro Kuleba, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, is proposing to launch a special programme for Russian soldiers who no longer want to fight in Ukraine.

The National Guard of Ukraine showed footage of a Russian occupier being killed at the checkpoint in Kharkiv Oblast, as the Ukrainian forces used a combat drone.

The Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation has decided to increase the number of private military companies (PMCs) participating in the war in Ukraine, since covert mobilisation in Russia has not yielded significant results.

On 30 August, an anti-aircraft missile unit of the Pivden (South) air command destroyed a Russian drone over Kherson Oblast.