US President Donald Trump was reportedly ready to cut short talks with Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin in Alaska due to Putin's intransigence over his demand to annex the entire Donetsk Oblast. Source: Axios,

The General Staff said Russian forces suffered significant losses in the area, including 910 killed, 335 wounded, and 37 captured.

Will Ukraine’s fate depend on Sloviansk and Kramatorsk, Druzhkivka and Kostiantynivka? These may not be household names, but they are the four key ‘fortress cities’ in the remaining portions

US President Donald Trump said on Saturday Ukraine should make a deal to end the war with Russia because "Russia is a very big power, and they're not", after hosting a summit where Vladimir Putin was reported to have demanded more Ukrainian land.

Vladimir Putin demands that Kiev cede the territory of Donbass that he has not been able to conquer since 2014, an unattainable request for any Ukrainian leader. Just yesterday, Ukrainian excavators were still digging trench lines and placing dragon's teeth in different defensive layers in the Donetsk region,

By the end of August, at least 30,000 places will be prepared in 15 regions and in Kyiv for people who have been evacuated from frontline areas — Ukrinform.

MAGA supremo Donald Trump appears to have succeeded in propelling Ukraine's leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy -- backed by European leaders -- towards a bilateral meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin by warning him that he would lose even more territory and lives if the war continues.

Russian forces shelled Sloviansk with two missiles, leaving one person injured, the Sloviansk City Military Administration reports. On the evening of August 18, Russian troops launched a missile strike on Sloviansk in the Donetsk region.